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Surprise, Surprise… State Board of Education approves “special school leadership program” for Vallas

jonpelto — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 14:00:59 +0000

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Paul Vallas doesn’t have the credentials necessary to be a superintendent of schools in the State of Connecticut. Governor Malloy’s “education reform” law included language that would allow Malloy’s Commissioner of Education, Stefan Pryor, to waive Vallas’ certification requirements IF Vallas successfully completed his one year probationary period and completed a school leadership program at [...]

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State Board of Education rushes approval of “School Leadership Program” for Vallas

jonpelto — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 12:37:33 +0000

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Tags: Bridgeport Malloy Mayor Bill Finch Paul Vallas State Board of Education Stefan Pryor UConn

Here comes one more benefit for the power elite! Some of the “rules” that apply to the rest of us, simply don’t apply to them. When Governor Malloy’s Commissioner of Education, Stefan Pryor, recruited “education reformer extraordinaire,” Paul Vallas, to become Bridgeport’s $234,000, part-time, Acting Superintendent of Schools a major problem immediately developed. Unlike every [...]

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Whoa there…Let’s try telling the truth…

jonpelto — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 14:29:33 +0000

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Tags: Board of Regents Malloy UConn

The CTMirror has a “must read” follow up story about Governor Malloy’s “request” to interview and select a finalist for the position of President of the Connecticut Board of Regents. In the article, the CTMirror reports that, “The governor’s spokesman, Andrew Doba, said the interviews aren’t unusual. He noted that the University of Connecticut trustees [...]

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Steven Adamowski: Add public funded consultant and adjunct professor to the title Special Master

jonpelto — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 13:49:36 +0000

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Tags: Education Reform Malloy New London SERC Stefan Pryor Steven Adamowski UConn Windham

If there is one thing you can say about Connecticut “education reformers” like Paul Vallas and Steven Adamowski it is that they sure do know how to double and triple down on making money. Bridgeport’s Acting Superintendent, Paul Vallas, wouldn’t sign a $234,000 annual contract unless it allowed him to maintain his private consulting company, [...]

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Update: Next Generation UConn – An additional $1.5 billion in borrowing

jonpelto — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 12:09:09 +0000

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Tags: Higher Education Malloy State Budget State Debt State Deficit UConn

By adding $1.5 billion in new state bonds on top of the remaining $235 million in UConn 2000/21st Century UConn state bonds, Governor Malloy is proposing an impressive plan to invest in “science, technology, engineering and math programs at the University of Connecticut.” According to the Hartford Courant, “Malloy emphasized that the investment was needed [...]

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Borrowing another $1.5 Billion for UConn… OMG, Wait, What?

jonpelto — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 14:33:55 +0000

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Tags: Malloy State Budget State Deficit UConn

According to a breaking story from the Hartford Courant, “Science, technology, engineering and math programs at the University of Connecticut could get a $1.5 billion boost over the next decade, with the intention of creating a pipeline of talent that will yield substantial returns for the state workforce and economy.” Governor Malloy has scheduled a press conference [...]

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It’s politics – not asbestos that clouds UConn’s downtown Hartford move

jonpelto — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 15:46:24 +0000

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Tags: Malloy Susan Herbst UConn West Hartford Campus

There must be big money and politics at play behind UConn’s downtown move. Or as they say at the Legislative Office Building – “You can smell a rat with this one.” On Wednesday the Hartford Business Journal wrote, “The University of Connecticut’s relocation of its West Hartford campus to downtown Hartford has hit a stumbling [...]

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Oh those wily consultants: Consulting company determines UConn Administrator’s pay okay

jonpelto — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 12:05:45 +0000

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Tags: Budget cuts UConn UConn President Susan Herbst

Faced with criticism about the high rate of compensation for UConn administrators, the University of Connecticut’s Board of Trustees hired Sibson Consulting to determine whether the rate UConn was paying its senior administrators was appropriate. According to their public relations materials, Sibson Consulting reports to be leaders in, “executive compensation and corporate governance design for [...]

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Corporate Welfare Boondoggle Alert: Moving UConn’s West Hartford Campus downtown

jonpelto — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 20:10:12 +0000

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Tags: Malloy UConn UConn President Susan Herbst West Hartford Campus

On November 8, two days after this year’s election, UConn President Susan Herbst released a statement announcing that the University of Connecticut’s Greater Hartford Campus will be moving from its West Hartford location to downtown Hartford within the year. Beyond a claim that “this will be a win-win for UConn, our students and the City [...]

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Malloy’s Blueprint for this time of economic crisis: A disproportionate cut to public higher education

jonpelto — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 21:09:23 +0000

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Tags: Ben Barnes Board of Regents Budget cuts Malloy UConn

Faced with a $365 million budget deficit in this fiscal year, Governor Malloy and his budget chief, Ben Barnes, released a list of $170 million in cuts today. Their list of cuts is quite a commentary on Malloy’s vision of shared sacrifice and on where cuts can actually be made. After implementing the deepest cuts [...]

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