Jorge Cabrera whose recent buyer’s remorse essay excoriated the charter school reform movement shared some additional thoughts with public education advocate Jennifer Berkshire who hosts
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OIB Correspondent Jim Callahan Struggles For Life, But Not Perspective On Life–A Journalist’s Journey
Jim Callahan is among the last of the two-fisted journalists who can turn a phrase and complement it with his own photograph. Raised in a
Read moreFinch Proposes No Tax Increase In Election Year, Primary On The Horizon
Mayor Bill Finch has submitted an election-year budget to the City Council that holds the line on taxes in a spending plan of $532 million
Read moreFairfield U Hosts Forum On Education Reform Battle
Two-Year Moratorium On Charter Schools Rejected
Bridgeport is often at the center of debate over publicly funded charter schools that run independent of traditional neighborhood schools. Opponents to charter schools argue
Read more‘Manipulative And Deceitful Political Moves’ To Control City Schools, Cabrera Reveals Radical Policies To Privatize Public Education
Jorge Cabrera, who worked for the pro-charter school organization Excel Bridgeport, blows the lid off Bridgeport’s “education reform movement” in a buyer’s remorse commentary titled
Read moreThe Battle Of Protests: Charter School Advocates Versus Opponents
Charter school advocates rallying on Thursday to oppose a legislative proposal inside a city school had competition outside from education activists who support a two-year
Read moreSchool Board Approves ‘Interim’ Education Chief Rabinowitz Into 2017–Finch: Glad She’s Staying
What was advertised as a short-term interim basis replacing school chief Paul Vallas one year ago now appears to be at least a three-year gig
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