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Monday, September 9, 2013

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News Flash: Mystery solved: Pryor’s appointment of Adamowski as state employee will push up Special Master’s pension!
Governor Malloy and his Commissioner of Education have figured out a way to circumvent the Connecticut General Assembly and push up Special Master Steven Adamowski’s pension. As a result of a 2006 change in the Connecticut State Statutes, Steven Adamowski was able to serve for five years as the uncertified superintendent of schools in Hartford, […]The post News Flash: Mystery solved: Pryor’s appoi

Achievement First Inc. pushing Finch/Vallas slate in Bridgeport Democratic Primary
Bridgeport’s Democratic Primary to select Board of Education candidates will be held tomorrow and campaign finance reports filed last week reveal that Achievement First Inc., the charter school management company co-founded by Commissioner of Education, Stefan Pryor, continues to play a dominate role in the effort to control Bridgeport’s public education system. The latest effort […]The post Achie



9-8-13 Wait What?
Wait What?:  Commissioner’s Network Turnaround Plan: Strategy #1: “Increase fidelity”…As if calling Steven Adamowski a “Special Master” wasn’t odd and disturbing enough, a recent document coming out of Commissioner of Education Stefan Pryor’s office highlighted the bizarre, and quite frankly demeaning, approach taken by the corporate education reform industry when it comes to public education and