Following a nationwide search that attracted 58 applicants, the Board of Education has narrowed to two the next permanent superintendent of schools. The district has operated with school leaders in acting positions for more than five years. A public forum will take place Wednesday 6 to 8 p.m. in Geraldine Johnson School, 475 Lexington Avenue, […]
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Forum For School Chief Finalists
March 5th, 2017 · 5 Comments · Education, News and Events
Tags: Aresta Johnson·CT Post·Fran Rabinowitz·Linda Conner Lambeck·Paul Vallas
Pereira Urges Legislators To Reject More Power For Ed Commissioner
March 7th, 2016 · 14 Comments · Education, News and Events
Board of Education member Maria Pereira, whose Democratic Town Committee slate in the 138th District swept all nine seats last week, is urging defeat of state legislation proposing greater authority for the state education commissioner to include lower performing schools in the Commissioner’s Network of Schools designed to increase achievement. In an email to the city’s […]
The Never Ending Search For A Permanent School Chief Continues
January 12th, 2016 · 5 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Education, News and Events
Fran Rabinowitz replaced lightning rod Paul Vallas as school chief on an interim basis and stayed on longer than expected, but now the Board of Education has started the process to ink a permanent superintendent. Has Rabinowitz had enough of the rollercoaster world of the school board with three chairs in three years? Plus some […]
Tags: CT Post·Fran Rabinowitz·Howard Gardner·Linda Conner Lambeck·Paul Vallas
Top Stories March 2015: Ganim Moves Closer To Historic Comeback
December 22nd, 2015 · 1 Comment · City Budget, City Council, City Politics, Education, Law Enforcement, News and Events
OIB story highlights for March 2015. – Nothing like political star power to pad the campaign warchest. With “music and flavors of the East” Mayor Bill Finch enjoyed that Monday night at the Easton home of Bangalore Mahesh, owner of several Dunkin’ Donuts coffee franchises in Bridgeport, where Governor Dan Malloy and Connecticut’s two U.S. […]
Tags: Bill Finch·Bob "Troll" Walsh·Chris Murphy·CT Post·Dan Malloy·David Walker·Dick Blumenthal·Ernie Newton·Excel Bridgeport·Fran Rabinowitz·General Electric·George Mintz·Harding High School·Howard Gardner·Joe Ganim·Joe Gaudett·John Marshall Lee·Mark Anastasi·Mary-Jane Foster·Pat Crossin·Paul Vallas·Tom McCarthy
‘Manipulative And Deceitful Political Moves’ To Control City Schools, Cabrera Reveals Radical Policies To Privatize Public Education
March 27th, 2015 · 23 Comments · Education, News and Events
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 “A Repentant Reformer’s Reflections.” He writes about wealthy interests, cultish Ivy Leaguers, pricey New York consultants and radical policies influencing control of public education through his former employer Excel Bridgeport. […]
Tags: Excel Bridgeport·Paul Vallas
Pelto Hits Moales On Corporate Elite, Charter School Supporters
February 9th, 2015 · 7 Comments · Education, News and Events
From Jonathan Pelto: It won’t come as any surprise to those who have watched the on-going effort to undermine and denigrate the people of Bridgeport that the very same individuals and groups that worked so hard to take away democracy in Bridgeport and keep Paul Vallas in charge of Bridgeport’s School are now working overtime […]
For Ganim, Education Means Appointing School Board Members
November 30th, 2016 · 15 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, Education
Education: Ganim’s first year back. On the 2015 campaign trail Joe Ganim uttered the usual stuff about education: fully fund schools, create a 21st century climate, modernize the infrastructure, yadda, yadda, yadda. What he did not expect, however, was appointing one-third of the nine-member Board of Education the second half of his first year back […]
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Tags: Andre Baker·Barbara Bellis·Bill Finch·Carmen Lopez·Dan Malloy·David Hennessey·Dennis Bradley·Fran Rabinowitz·Joe Ganim·Maria Pereira·Mario Testa·Paul Vallas