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NEWS FLASH: Connecticut Charter Schools outperform public schools…in suspending kindergarten students!

jonpelto — Fri, 17 May 2013 22:56:10 +0000

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Well, we’ve finally found proof that charter schools do outperform their public school counterparts. In the percentage of children 6 and under who get suspended from school. In a stunning story that was posted on the CT Mirror website late today, the CT Mirror’s Jacqueline Rabe examines a new report about revealed that, “at least [...]

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The Malloy/Pryor Education Reform Consultant Full Employment Gravy Train

jonpelto — Fri, 17 May 2013 13:44:46 +0000

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Tags: Education Reform Malloy Mass Insight Company State Board of Education State Budget Stefan Pryor

While it’s true that Malloy’s Commissioner of Education, Stefan Pryor, has failed to fill some of the most critically important administrative positions in his agency that actually serve Connecticut’s schools and children, such as a Bureau Chief for the Special Education Division, Pryor’s dedication to retaining corporate education reform consulting companies and corporate education consultants [...]

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jonpelto — Thu, 16 May 2013 22:32:19 +0000

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Oh look, there goes more Connecticut taxpayer money to out-of-state “education reform” consultants

jonpelto — Thu, 16 May 2013 18:40:29 +0000

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Tags: Commissioner's Network Education Reform Malloy Mass Insight Company State Budget Stefan Pryor

Eighteen months ago, on January 5, 2012, Governor Malloy’s sponsored an Education Reform Workshop at Central Connecticut State University. During the first breakout session there was a panel discussion focused on the issue of “Low-Performing Schools and Districts.” The panel was moderated by Justin Cohen, President of the School Turnaround Group at Mass Insight Education [...]

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$1 million in public funds for Bridgeport BOE Chair’s family – without a vote

jonpelto — Thu, 16 May 2013 15:28:11 +0000

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Tags: Bridgeport Kenneth Moales Jr.Mayor Bill Finch Paul Vallas Stefan Pryor

The last agenda item at this week’s Bridgeport Board of Education meeting was entitled “School Readiness Grant Program, Priority School Districts, July 2013 – June 2014”. According to the agenda and board packet, the Board of Education was being asked, as it has for more than a decade, to authorize the City of Bridgeport to [...]

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Malloy visits Jumoke at Milner: Says don’t confuse me with the facts:

jonpelto — Wed, 15 May 2013 17:20:36 +0000

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Tags: Fuse Hartford Jumoke Academy Jumoke at Milner Malloy Michael Sharpe Stefan Pryor

According to the Hartford Courant’s Vanessa De La Torre, Governor Malloy joined former Hartford Mayor Thirman Milner yesterday in the library of Jumoke Academy at Milner to celebrate the success of Malloy’s “education reform” proposals. Milner explained, “You walk in the school, you can see the difference.” And Malloy was all too happy to take [...]

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GOP to Malloy: No Worries, we don’t want to win…

jonpelto — Tue, 14 May 2013 13:05:58 +0000

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Tags: Democrats Gubernatorial Election 2014 Malloy Republicans

File this one under the headline; Connecticut Republicans reiterate dedication to snatching defeat out of the jaws of victory… Faced with the reality that Governor Malloy has spent the last two years alienating just about everyone and every group that was part of the coalition that put him into the governor’s office, the Republicans could [...]

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Meanwhile, deal surfaces to give Bridgeport elementary school to Jumoke’s charter school management company

jonpelto — Mon, 13 May 2013 14:35:44 +0000

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Tags: Bridgeport Fuse Jumoke Academy Malloy Michael Sharpe Paul Vallas Stefan Pryor

Re-post: Fresh off Malloy’s “victory” of getting the Chief Operating Officer of FUSE/Jumoke Academy on to the State Board of Education, the Malloy Administration, Mayor Bill Finch and “Superintendent of Schools,” Paul Vallas, have apparently concocted a deal to hand Bridgeport’s Paul Lawrence Dunbar Elementary School over to Hartford’s Family Urban Schools of Excellence (FUSE)/Jumoke [...]

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Wait, What? Bridgeport Board of Education scheduled to approve $1 million for Moales Daycare facilities despite foreclosure threat

jonpelto — Mon, 13 May 2013 12:45:48 +0000

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Tags: Bridgeport Bridgeport Board of Education Kenneth Moales Jr.Mayor Bill Finch Paul Vallas

(Written by Jonathan Pelto and Carmen Lopez) In about 100 days, Reverend Kenneth Moales, Jr. and his Cathedral of the Holy Spirit and Prayer Tabernacle Church of Love, Inc. may well be facing the foreclosure and public auction of property owned by Moales’ church, located at 1231-1243 Stratford Avenue. The loss of the church property [...]

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Deal surfaces to give Bridgeport elementary school to Hartford charter school company

jonpelto — Sun, 12 May 2013 16:26:57 +0000

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Tags: Bridgeport Fuse Jumoke Academy Malloy Mayor Bill Finch Paul Vallas Stefan Pryor

Fresh off Malloy’s “victory” of getting the Chief Operating Officer of FUSE/Jumoke Academy on to the State Board of Education, the Malloy Administration, Mayor Bill Finch and “Superintendent of Schools,” Paul Vallas, have apparently concocted a deal to hand Bridgeport’s Paul Lawrence Dunbar Elementary School over to Hartford’s Family Urban Schools of Excellence (FUSE)/Jumoke Academy [...]

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