Declaring “Connecticut’s schools of choice change thousands of lives in and beyond Bridgeport, and open thousands of doors for our state’s neediest students,” State Rep. Chris
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Charter School Advocates Open Wallets
From Jacqueline Rabe Thomas, CT Mirror: The cost to bus charter school students and advocates to rallies: $87,870. The cost of providing them food from Subway: $14,040. 0
Read more‘Burning The Bridge To Save It’–Repentant Reformer Talks Education
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
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 moreCharter School Group Opposes Legislative Moratorium
Following a hearing by the Connecticut General Assembly’s Education Committee, a pro charter school organization has launched a campaign to oppose legislation placing a moratorium on
Read moreWould An Employee Of Macy’s Be Allowed To Serve On The Board Of Lord & Taylor?
In a commentary that first appeared in the Connecticut Post, the leader of the District Parent Advisory Council Tammy Boyle shares a pointed perspective about
Read moreParent Leader Asserts School Board Supporters Of Kadisha Are Turn Coates–Coates: Let’s Fix ‘Broken System’
As she prepares for her first official meeting Monday as the newly selected member of the Board of Education, Kadisha Coates should have plenty of
Read moreCharter Education Group Urges Improvement For All Schools
News release from the charter school advocacy group Families for Excellent Schools: Families for Excellent Schools, a parent advocacy group that has been organizing members
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