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Sunday, January 5, 2014

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Education Blogger Mercedes Schneider warns: Beware of Data Sharingcheerleaders Offering Webinars
Fellow pro-public education blogger Mercedes Schneider is one of the most powerful and important voices in the anti-corporate education reform industry movement.  Her research is extraordinarily thorough and her writing is amazing. As proof, the nation’s leading voice on behalf of public education, Diane Ravitch, links to Mercedes’ work on a regular basis.  If you […]The post Education Blogger Mer

Governor Malloy’s fake Connecticut Budget “Surplus”
If you’ve listened to Governor Malloy lately or checked out some of the media reports recently you’d think Connecticut was on the road to economic recovery, that the state had a budget surplus and it was “Morning in Connecticut.” Putting aside the continued high unemployment rates, Governor Malloy’s failed economic development strategies and the growing […]The post Governor Malloy’s fake Connectic

Parents with direct experience with Capital Prep continue to speak out
Over the past few weeks, more than a dozen parents whose children have or are attending Capital Preparatory Magnet School in Hartford, Connecticut have written to tell their stories or ask which public agencies are responsible for investigating their concerns about what is occurring at Steve Perry’s Hartford school.  Allegations of illegal practices range from […]The post Parents with direct exper


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Wait What?:  Wait What? All WeekNews Flash: Vallas now says he didn’t announce his resignation Nov 8th after all, wants more moneyIn an absolutely unbelievable last insult to the taxpayers of Bridgeport and Connecticut, Paul Vallas and his lawyers have told the Bridgeport Board of Education that he did not announce that he was resigning on November 8th; he only announced he was going to announce t