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Friday, April 18, 2014

4-18-14 Wait What?

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Saw it on the Internet so it must be true… (No, but…)
After an email exchange earlier today, Neil Vigdor, a leading reporter for the Hearst Media Group, put up a blog post entitled, “Malloy gets “Pelto-ed” from the left?” As the saying goes, take the story with a grain of salt.  Like much of what we read on the Internet, aspects of the story are true […] The post Saw it on the Internet so it must be true… (No, but…) appeared first on Wait What?.


Malloy administration recruits “Dream Team” to sell Common Core to Connecticut teachers
The Malloy administration is implementing a new Common Core PR extravaganza. Initially Malloy and his team wanted to run a $1 million Connecticut taxpayer funded pro-Common Core advertising campaign. But when a political firestorm forced them to back down, the Malloy team came up with a different publicly funded campaign to sell the Common Core.  […] The post Malloy administration recruits “Dream
4-17-14 Wait What?
Wait What?: Corporate Education Reform Industry group starts radio campaign in support of new charter schoolsSurprise, surprise… An out-of-State charter school advocacy group has started an advertising campaign to support the Malloy administration’s decision to give Steve Perry his own privately run, but taxpayer funded, charter school in Bridgeport. According to a reports from the CT Mirror and H