Wait, What? » Michelle Rhee http://jonathanpelto.com Working to educate, persuade and mobilize through "perceptive and acerbic" observations about Connecticut Government and Politics Fri, 24 May 2013 14:48:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Corporate Education Reform Industry spends nearly $4.7 million on Connecticut lobbying, little of it telling the truth. http://jonathanpelto.com/2013/05/19/corporate-education-reform-industry-spends-nearly-4-7-million-on-connecticut-lobbying-little-of-it-telling-the-truth/ http://jonathanpelto.com/2013/05/19/corporate-education-reform-industry-spends-nearly-4-7-million-on-connecticut-lobbying-little-of-it-telling-the-truth/#comments Sun, 19 May 2013 20:06:41 +0000 jonpelto http://imnctnetwork.com/waitwhat/?p=4494

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Pro-public education commentator Wendy Lecker has written another “must read” piece, this time pointing out the fact that corporate education reformers are either unwilling or unable to tell the truth as the spin their political stories to try and convince elected officials and the public to support their “education reform” agenda. Lecker, like many of [...]

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]]> http://jonathanpelto.com/2013/05/19/corporate-education-reform-industry-spends-nearly-4-7-million-on-connecticut-lobbying-little-of-it-telling-the-truth/feed/ 6 News Flash: Corporate Education Reformers Spend $563,000 and counting in Bridgeport loss http://jonathanpelto.com/2013/01/17/news-flash-corporate-education-reformers-spend-563000-and-counting-in-bridgeport-loss/ http://jonathanpelto.com/2013/01/17/news-flash-corporate-education-reformers-spend-563000-and-counting-in-bridgeport-loss/#comments Thu, 17 Jan 2013 16:00:41 +0000 jonpelto http://imnctnetwork.com/waitwhat/?p=3703

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The final reports from Bridgeport’s November 2012 education reform referendum are in and it turns out that the corporate education reform industry and its supporters spent at least $562,955.16 in their effort to pass Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch’s anti-democracy initiative, a proposal that would have eliminated the City’s democratically elected board of education and replaced [...]

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]]> http://jonathanpelto.com/2013/01/17/news-flash-corporate-education-reformers-spend-563000-and-counting-in-bridgeport-loss/feed/ 23 Education Reformer Michelle Rhee tells Connecticut: You Suck! http://jonathanpelto.com/2013/01/07/education-reformer-michelle-rhee-tells-connecticut-you-suck/ http://jonathanpelto.com/2013/01/07/education-reformer-michelle-rhee-tells-connecticut-you-suck/#comments Mon, 07 Jan 2013 21:29:03 +0000 jonpelto http://imnctnetwork.com/waitwhat/?p=3652

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First Governor Malloy proposed the most anti-teacher, anti- union “education reform” bill of any Democratic governor in the nation. While minor changes were made, the final bill was touted as a major victory for the corporate reformers.  It promoted the expansion of charter schools and took a major step forward in the effort to turn [...]

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]]> http://jonathanpelto.com/2013/01/07/education-reformer-michelle-rhee-tells-connecticut-you-suck/feed/ 66 Michelle Rhee’s Husband Fined for Ethics Violations in California, is Connecticut next? http://jonathanpelto.com/2012/12/05/michelle-rhees-husband-fined-for-ethics-violations-in-california-is-connecticut-next/ http://jonathanpelto.com/2012/12/05/michelle-rhees-husband-fined-for-ethics-violations-in-california-is-connecticut-next/#comments Wed, 05 Dec 2012 17:12:39 +0000 jonpelto http://imnctnetwork.com/waitwhat/?p=3481

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The country’s leading public education advocate, Diane Ravitch, has a post on her blog today with the news that Kevin Johnson, the Mayor of Sacramento California, and husband of education reformer Michelle Rhee, has been fined $37,500 by the California Fair Political Practices Commission, for failing to report donations of at least $3.5 million to [...]

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]]> http://jonathanpelto.com/2012/12/05/michelle-rhees-husband-fined-for-ethics-violations-in-california-is-connecticut-next/feed/ 12 A must read – Voters have spoken: No corporate school reform by Wendy Lecker http://jonathanpelto.com/2012/11/19/a-must-read-voters-have-spoken-no-corporate-school-reform-by-wendy-lecker/ http://jonathanpelto.com/2012/11/19/a-must-read-voters-have-spoken-no-corporate-school-reform-by-wendy-lecker/#comments Mon, 19 Nov 2012 14:43:24 +0000 jonpelto http://imnctnetwork.com/waitwhat/?p=3366

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Wendy Lecker, Education Advocate and columnist for the Hearst Connecticut Media Group, has a must read column in yesterday’s Stamford Advocate and CT Post… “In this age of instantaneous global communication, it is incredible that a simple message sent by voters in Bridgeport has not reached leaders in Hartford, just 50 miles away. On Nov. [...]

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]]> http://jonathanpelto.com/2012/11/19/a-must-read-voters-have-spoken-no-corporate-school-reform-by-wendy-lecker/feed/ 5 Whose money paid for the “Education Reformer’s” effort to influence the outcome of Connecticut 5th Legislative District? http://jonathanpelto.com/2012/10/05/whose-money-paid-for-the-education-reformers-effort-to-influence-the-outcome-of-connecticut-5th-legislative-district/ http://jonathanpelto.com/2012/10/05/whose-money-paid-for-the-education-reformers-effort-to-influence-the-outcome-of-connecticut-5th-legislative-district/#comments Fri, 05 Oct 2012 17:17:04 +0000 jonpelto http://imnctnetwork.com/waitwhat/?p=3041

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Last week, the Greater New England Public Schools Alliance engaged in an unprecedented effort to influence the outcome of an election in Connecticut.  GNEPSA, Michelle Rhee’s front group used a loophole in Connecticut campaign finance law to dumps tens of thousands of dollars in support of Democrat Brandon McGee and against Democrat Leo Canty. In [...]

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]]> http://jonathanpelto.com/2012/10/05/whose-money-paid-for-the-education-reformers-effort-to-influence-the-outcome-of-connecticut-5th-legislative-district/feed/ 9 News Flash: Michelle Rhee had co-conspirators in the attempt to buy this week’s Democratic Primary. http://jonathanpelto.com/2012/10/04/news-flash-michelle-rhee-had-co-conspirators-in-the-attempt-to-buy-this-weeks-democratic-primary/ http://jonathanpelto.com/2012/10/04/news-flash-michelle-rhee-had-co-conspirators-in-the-attempt-to-buy-this-weeks-democratic-primary/#comments Thu, 04 Oct 2012 16:27:10 +0000 jonpelto http://imnctnetwork.com/waitwhat/?p=3032

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Official reports indicate that Connecticut’s primary “education reform” group was part of Rhee’s attempt to influence the outcome of this week’s Democratic Primary It turns out that when Michelle Rhee dumped tens of thousands into this week’s re-vote to select the Democratic nominee in the General Assembly’s 5th House District, she wasn’t acting alone. Initial [...]

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Tomorrow, the voters of Windsor and the rest of the 5th Connecticut House District will be returning to the polls to vote in the run-off primary between Democrats Leo Canty,  and Brandon McGee. In the first primary, the two democrats tied.  Tomorrow’s re-vote will determine who will represent the Democratic Party in the November election. [...]

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]]> http://jonathanpelto.com/2012/10/01/michelle-buy-yourself-an-election-rhee-returns-to-undermine-democracy-in-connecticut/feed/ 17 “Education Reformers” spend over $2.6 million lobbying for Malloy’s “Education Reform” bill http://jonathanpelto.com/2012/06/20/education-reforms-spend-2-6-million-lobbying-malloys-education-reform-bill/ http://jonathanpelto.com/2012/06/20/education-reforms-spend-2-6-million-lobbying-malloys-education-reform-bill/#comments Wed, 20 Jun 2012 11:45:44 +0000 jonpelto http://imnctnetwork.com/waitwhat/?p=2555

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With the end of the 2012 Legislative Session, came the final lobbying reports from the corporate-funded “Education Reform” groups.  From January through May 2012, Michelle Rhee, Patrick Riccards and the various corporate executives pushing Malloy’s education plan spent over $2.6 million in Connecticut. Overall, the corporate reformers outspent those supporting public education by at least two [...]

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]]> http://jonathanpelto.com/2012/06/20/education-reforms-spend-2-6-million-lobbying-malloys-education-reform-bill/feed/ 19 Meanwhile, it turns out that we have Mayor Bloomberg to thank…. http://jonathanpelto.com/2012/05/16/meanwhile-it-turns-out-that-we-have-mayor-bloomberg-to-thank/ http://jonathanpelto.com/2012/05/16/meanwhile-it-turns-out-that-we-have-mayor-bloomberg-to-thank/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 18:07:42 +0000 jonpelto http://imnctnetwork.com/waitwhat/?p=2345

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Yup, Despite having his own full agenda of issues, it turns out that we have Mayor Bloomberg to thank for the obnoxious television advertising blitz that Michelle Rhee and StudentsFirst ran here in Connecticut leading up to the vote on Governor Malloy’s “education reform” bill. As you may have seen, Reuters is reporting that: “Rhee [...]

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