Now Wait Just A Minute; Are we for or against longer school days? - Wait, What?

Just a reminder.  This is not over yet.  The law has opened the door for some really questionable "solutions" but there are still ways to block the worst of it.  The first step is educating yourself and staying informed.

Now Wait Just A Minute; Are we for or against longer school days? - Wait, What?:

Just to understand the pattern, before arriving here to save Bridgeport’s schools, Vallas ran the school system in Chicago, served as CEO of Philadelphia’s Public Schools, “rebuilt” the New Orleans school system and then went off to fix the schools of Haiti.

In Philadelphia, Vallas claimed that he saved the school system by closing or privatizing at least 40 schools, while in New Orleans he fired every single teacher and closed more than 100 schools as part of his “citywide charter school experiment.”

As to his success in saving Philadelphia’s schools?

Last week it was announced that the Philadelphia school system will now be closing 40 more public schools next year and a total of at least 64 by 2017.  Their strategic plan is based on transferring 40% of the city’s current enrollment to charter schools.

Note:  For those of you who believe something like that can’t happen here, you may want to stop by the Teach For America regional summit on May 19^th at the Bushnell Center in Hartford were the whole gang of reformers will be meeting including Governor Malloy, Bridgeport’s Paul Vallas, Windham Special Master Steven Adamowski, Achievement First’s Doug McCurry, the Executive Director of Excel Bridgeport and many more.

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