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Friday, March 28, 2014

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Malloy says he is running – But he can’t win – Nor should he
Earlier today Governor Dannel Malloy sent out an email saying that he was announcing that he would be seek re-election this year. (see email below). But as public opinion research as consistently shown, Malloy has alienated significant Democratic constituencies and implemented policies that will make it impossible for him to garner the support of many […] The post Malloy says he is running – But h


SURPRISE: Malloy administration’s back room deal to hand Hartford’s Clark Elementary School to an out-of-state charter school company is back
As Wait, What? readers have known for months, the Malloy administration has been engaged in a campaign to force the City of Hartford to turn their Clark Elementary School over to a private, out-of-state private charter school chain based in Washington D.C. Initially Malloy’s Commissioner of Education, Stefan Pryor, tried to “persuade” the City of […] The post SURPRISE: Malloy administration’s back
Commissioner Pryor on Common Core Test – Nothing to look at, just keep moving
Governor Malloy’s Commissioner of Education has been spinning the media about how well the implementation of the Common Core Smarter Balanced Field test of a test has been going well.  Pryor told the Courant, “We are very pleased.” However, the situation in the real world tells a different story. Juniors at one Connecticut southeastern Connecticut […] The post Commissioner Pryor on Common Core Tes


3-27-14 Wait What?
Wait What?: The war on students who are opted out of the Common Core TestFor weeks the Malloy administration has been engaged in an immoral and unethical campaign to mislead parents into believing they do not have the right to opt their children out of the Common Core Smarter Balanced Assessment Field Test of a test. Now it appears that some school districts are punishing those students who were [