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Pelto: Why Governor Dannell Malloy Supports Charter Schools

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52 states/16,000 school districts: what's up IN Connecticut? The end of public education if Malloy has his wayBlogger Jon Pelto, who is running as a third party candidate for governor of Connecticut, reports here that Governor Malloy has received large contributions from Jonathan Sackler and the Sackler family. Jonathan Sackler is a leader of the charter school movement in Connecticut and elsewhere. Pelto writes: Sackler helped Governor Malloy's Commissioner of Education, Stefan Pryor, create Achievement First, Inc. the large charter school management company that owns and operates schools in Connecticut, New York and Rhode Island.
He created ConnCAN, the charter school advocacy group that led the record breaking $6 million lobbying campaign to pass Governor Dannel "Dan" Malloy's corporate education reform... READ MORE AND DISCOVER HOW STATE BY STATE PUBLIC EDUCTION IS OVER!
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I began teaching in 1963,; Ba and BS in Education -Brooklyn College. I have the equivalent of 2 additional Master's, mainly in Literacy Studies and Graphic Design. I was the only seventh grade teacher of English from 1990 -1999 at East Side (more...)
 

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