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Jonathan Pelto

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PO Box 400, Storrs. CT 06268

 

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  • Laurie Gelston Alt

    If you want to look at a school which truly integrates, a place where one becomes colorblind, and joyful, check out Manchester’s Odyssey Community School.

  • http://glazergroup.net andrew glazer

    Can you explain to me how the state decides to divide up the funds for education to the communities. I know it is basically done by the grand list valuation but that leaves communities like Stamford and Norwalk struggling since they have valuable sections of real estate but have big city budgets and problems.

    Andy Glazer
    Norwalk Ct

  • Andrea

    Feb. 28, 2012 — The state Supreme Court overturns the state’s takeover of the Bridgeport board, mandating a special election to pick a new one.Read more: http://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Timeline-Bridgeport-school-board-saga-3367920.php#ixzz1nidsn6mT

  • Dotrodg

    Please send your information on the relationship between ConnCan and Achievement First to WTNH channel 8 news. They interviewing ConnCann on the air and not identifying what this organization does and what Acheivement first is all about.

  • Rdhughes01

    Please send this information to Jon Lender at the Hartford Courant.

  • jonpelto

    Excellent suggestion – will add it to the list of upcoming posts

  • Roger

    Excellent post.  Specific, declarative, and would shame a normal person.  What I can’t understand is what Malloy has to threaten the legislature.  He will claim the money he withholds is the result of their turning down his bill. But his statement clearly indicates what you identify as his ransoming the learning opportunities of 200,000 CT children. He’s not only a corrupt politician…he’s a stupid politician.

  • jonpelto

    thanks – I hadn’t see it and reached out to her right away after you posted this.

  • http://profiles.google.com/daveandcori David Andrade

    Jonathan,

    Was wondering if you could look into any relationship between Pryor and Vallas (Bpt) – they seem pretty chummy and are together often and now the state appointed (but illegal per court) Bpt BOE is looking at extending Vallas’ contract (thought he was supposed to be one year superintendent.) And, even after state is giving Bpt all kinds of extra money, Vallas is looking at cutting high school assistant principals and teachers which will severely affect the schools and students. 

    Thanks! You do a great public service here!

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/44WR3F5M3FPUNOSI6O7JM7LVT4 Vincent

    Hey Jon,

    What do you think of Malloy accepting huzzahs on The Ed Show a couple of days ago? It was quite a site.

  • Bada Bing

    Can Anyone explain how Diane Ullman is still on the Simsbury payroll as Superintendent until the fall, while the CT Department of Education hired her effective May 7th, and is also paying her? Can the rest of us get double paychecks, that’s a nice deal!

    And how do you explain her resigning to take a “temporary” job with the Department of Ed? The answer to that one is she’s been promised by Pryor he’ll quietly move her later to a permanent role, higher salary. He’s gaming the systems again. Who will stop this?

    • jonpelto

      I bet they dropped her into a durational job positionm – will check.

      Sent from my BlackBerry please excuss typos

  • jonpelto

    Thank you for saying that. I really appreciate it, I see all of these anti-bullying public service announcements…and I think…I could have sworn the ad said stand up to bullying.
    One of the most commin is sponsored by the Governor’s Commission on something….
    Hello Governor? I’m standing up against bullying —- but it turns out the chief bullies are the governors!

    Sent from my BlackBerry please excuss typos

  • Mtfarm

    Have you forgotten about the CSU & CCC mergers? Kennedy gets to vacation for 8 weeks while Meotti fires  [non-renews contracts more people. What happened to DHE? Most of those people are now BOR and something called OFAHE..  did you know the 4.3 million the BOR says is savings counts the loss of people from 2010?  How many times do they get to count the same people. Also, the CCC pays out people’s contracts.  If they get a year plus they pay them to leave, doesn’t sound like a good choice of using funds. What exactly do we all know about how many people have been let go from CCC & CSU?  And why CSU?  I thought they were OK once Carter was out? Maybe Meotti doesn’t like the rules CSU uses? you know the ones that play by the State audit book?

  • Bill Morrison

    Jonathan,

    Please make an announcement that I am ready to host and facilitate a meeting of parents, community members, and educators from throughout Connecticut with the purpose of creating an organized resistance to Adamowski, Vallas, et al.  We need to quit wringing our hands and start taking positive action!

    As soon as people contact me, I will host the first meeting in my classroom in Hartford Public High School.

    Thank you, and you would be most welcome to attend.

    Bill Morrison

    • Reyes1497

      Mr. Morrison:
      Please provide details because Special Master is heading to New London. How can he have concurrent contracts with the state? Can Windham get a refund on loss of “services”? How can the State rely on one (rather limited) resource for school reformation?
      Thanks.

  • Bill Morrison

    Jonathan,

    Once again, my comments are somehow being deleted from your blog. I just posted a brief discourse on the lack of statistical correlation between this year’s test results and those of last year’s.  It posted successfully, then was gone within one minute.  Can you please look into this?

  • Liz Aaronsohn

    I don’t know about the salary Coleman will be getting, or the connections.  What I do know is that he might be very good as a mentor for teachers.  We have to separate those 2 things.      Hey, Jonathan, what do you think about the idea of calling for a vote of no confidence for Pryor?

    Liz Aaronsohn,
    Associate Professor Emeritus
    Teacher Education, CCSU
    [email protected]

  • Kryptoman102

    Jonathon, I get it. You hate government, you hate Pryor, the governor…well, just about everybody…i don’t find you “perceptive” you sound bitter and well…just plain nasty…have you ever tried blogging about a solution instead of mudslinging?  I am sure more people would listen.  Hate everything if you want but until you start to address the fact that YES these kids all deserve the best education American can give and that you have the solution (any solution would do) you are just another bitter person with some axe to grind …and a hideously uninformed website.  Please contact me….

    • http://www.facebook.com/julie.roneson Julie Roneson

      You are so wrong, Kryptoman102. So wrong. If you taught in Bridgeport (sorry…do you?) you would know what a voice of reason is Jonathan Pelto. The first step to reform is awareness.

  • Tom

    This ludicrous idea to evaluate teacher training programs by the test scores of the students of their graduates should only be policy if EVERY other academic program in the university is evaluated by the ‘success’ of their graduates—–business schools, law schools, medical schools, all degree programs—–perhaps ‘assessed’ by salary earned, a rubric evaluating prestige of the employer, annual sales figures, prestige of graduate schools entered, ratings collected from clients/patients, etc., etc., etc.,…..all just as ridiculously insane. Keep up the great work with the blog!

  • Cowgirl

    I support the Chicago teachers wholeheartedly. They are making a statement about the ridiculous notion of having student test scores applied to an evaluation of their performance. They are taking a stand for the preservation of public education. I love the shoes that you are offerring President Obama. Are they Tom’s shoes whereby you buy one pair and a pair is donated to a third world country? If so– order a pair for me. Woman’s size 6. I wonder what Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass would have to say about all of this nonsense regarding school reform. I am ready to start an underground railroad and transport all of the children in the U. S, who are eager to learn, to Finland where education is respected.

  • Ken N.

    Jonathan Pelto was instrumental in passing the Income Tax in Connecticut and, as a result, has absolutely NO CREDIBILITY. Not now, not ever. He and Lowell P. Weicker, Jr. can both rot in hell.

  • Anonymous

    When NStar-NU merger was approved, they agreed to no ‘large-scale’ layoffs. So, how do they get around that? They are sneaking people out the door 30 at a time. Someone should look into this because I believe that almost 300 have been laid off.

  • badabing

    State Auditors are finally investigating Stefan Pryor’s hiring – filling jobs that don’t exist with overpaid and unqualified people who follow him from job to job. His practice of hiring at a starting wage then immediately bumping it up to levels he’d never get away with otherwise. His sneaky practices of bypassing State requirements. His practice of having full time people on his staff that hardly show up.

  • Don Gonsalves

    Where could I and others obtain a copy of the slides you presented at the University of CT Retired Program(CLEAR) concerning UCONNS cost of sports programs. I arrived late wqhen you made the presentation and only saw the last few slides. You indicated that the ptograms were actually losing money not making money as the University maintins. You broke down the costs/revenue by team. Don Gonsalves [email protected] ( I sengt you an e mail about 2 years ago also asking for this very valuable information)