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
The Day Finch’s Dubious 2012 Ballot Question Was Defeated
November 5th, 2017 · 12 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Council, City Politics, Education
In the 2012 general election for president a municipal ballot question appeared that broke records for money spent to influence a city vote: “Shall the City of Bridgeport approve and adopt the Charter changes as recommended by the Charter Revision Commission and approved by the City Council, including education governance reforms.” Translation: Mayor Bill Finch […]
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Tags: Bill Finch·Bobby Simmons·Dan Malloy·Excel Bridgeport·Joe Ganim·John Marshall Lee·Maria Pereira·Norm Pattis·Paul Vallas·Sauda Baraka