Gov. Malloy, The Norwalk Stiff-Arm and Michelle Rhee

By On February 17, 2012 · 2 Comments

A few clarifications:

– Gov. Malloy will not appear at a March education rally being organized by a coalition of parent groups. The parents hope to have Michelle Rhee, the former Washington D.C. Schools chancellor who enrages teacher unions with her reform ideas, at the event. Although the Connecticut Parents Union announced that Malloy had committed to the event, the governor’s office says he will not be attending. Probably a wise move. Rhee and her supporters can be very useful to Malloy as he looks for support for his education reform plan. Standing up in public with her, however, would just annoy the teacher unions.

– Gov. Malloy will find a way not to short-change Norwalk in school funding, according to Hearst’s ace Brian Lockhart. Norwalk, home to Malloy-critic state Rep. Lawrence Cafero, was the only municipality among the state’s 169 school district that stood to lose money on the governor’s proposed budget. This is a good move. Sticking it to Cafero was an oddly petty move for a governor with more important matters on his agenda.

 

 
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2 Responses to Gov. Malloy, The Norwalk Stiff-Arm and Michelle Rhee

  1. Malloy’s Office Tells Rick Green – Oh, Yeah, About that Anti-union rally – He can’t make it. « Wait, What? says:
    February 17, 2012 at 9:16 am

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  2. james jankowski says:
    February 19, 2012 at 6:24 pm

    THIS IS NOT THE TEACHERS WHO NEED THIS IT IS THE PARENTS WHO DON’T SIT DOWN WITH THEIR CHILDREN AND HELP THEM WITH HOMEWORK. READ THE WHOLE LAW HOW IS A TEACHER TO MAKE A CHILD ATTEND SCHOOL WHEN A PARENT CAN’T THIS IS CLASSS WARFARE NOTHING ELSE.
    I have an apartment in Stamford Ct. I feel very strongly that this law if passed will not help the children of Ct but hurt. You need to look more at the parents not the children. If you look at the charter schools in Atlanta Ga. they do well because they expect parent participation. It is also my op ion that a principle should not have that much power as power corrupts and you all know what I mean. Who kisses up to them the most. This law is one of the worst things I have saw done to teachers, who for 90% of them went into teaching to help children. To take away tenure is to take away the safety of keeping good teachers who will go to another district outside of the state and Ct will loose!!! DON’T TAKE TENURE AWAY AS CT WILL LOSE A LOT OF GOOD TEACHER’S. Why don’t they pass that law for the governor see how long he lasts