tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069955.post5153871941870799009..comments2023-10-26T08:02:44.948-04:00Comments on Connecticut Commentary: Red Notes from a Blue State: Who Could Hate Student Achievement?Don Pescihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11167988001948356357noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069955.post-89160537291111594722014-02-04T11:26:03.130-05:002014-02-04T11:26:03.130-05:00Mr. Pelto and his ilk are furious with Steve Perry...Mr. Pelto and his ilk are furious with Steve Perry, for reasons unclear to me. A closed door meeting by the board tonight will address the Perry matter.(http://jonathanpelto.com/2014/02/04/another-former-capital-prep-teacher-speaks/) <br />But, where's the progressive egalitarian outrage at the gross fraud by our educationists in Connecticut's Hartford district?<br />-------------<br />HARTFORD — An investigation has confirmed that dozens of Connecticut Mastery Tests taken earlier this year at Betances Early Reading Lab School in Hartford were tampered with by unknown individuals.<br /><br />The investigation by the Hartford law firm of Siegel, O'Connor, O'Donnell & Beck concluded that "testing irregularities are present in the CMT reading content area test booklets, completed by third-grade students" at Betances.<br />-------<br />When a student is given a high-school diploma, that attests that he can read, write and compute at a 12th-grade level, and when he can’t do so at the eighth-grade level, that diploma is fraudulent. What makes it so tragic is that neither the student nor his parents are aware that he has a fraudulent diploma. When a black person is not admitted to college, flunks out of college, can’t pass a civil service test or doesn’t get job promotions, he is likelier to blame racial discrimination than his poor education.<br /><br />Politicians, civil rights organizations and the education establishment will do nothing about the fraud. In fact, they give their full allegiance to the perpetrators.<br />http://www.lewrockwell.com/2014/02/walter-e-williams/public-school-teachers-are-cheaters/peter brushnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069955.post-26069405689539960992014-01-31T11:58:52.476-05:002014-01-31T11:58:52.476-05:00Consideration of the Steve Perry matter, and the v...Consideration of the Steve Perry matter, and the vitriol involved, leads me back to the conclusion that it would be highly desirable to remove education of our children as far as possible from politicians, their bureaucrats, and their crony labor unions. When subsidizing food we don't require people to buy food at government district stores , staffed with government hacks, and stocked with whatever food Dannel Malloy deems appropriate. Food stamps are not controversial, nor should school vouchers be.<br />----------<br />"I don't agree with everything Dr. Steve Perry says, but at least he's willing to say what people are afraid to say; at least he advocates for those who are marginalized … to force the conversation," said Gwendolyn Samuel of Meriden, founder of the Connecticut Parents Union.<br /><br />"Clearly, he is pro-child, whether we like what he says or not. His approach is, children should have the right to choose their schools through their parents; we should have the right to choose what's best," Samuel said.<br /><br />"I only can speak from my interaction with unions in Connecticut … from Connecticut's standpoint, I believe they have a bully mentality not only against parents but against lawmakers, too," she said.<br />http://articles.courant.com/2013-11-24/news/hc-steve-perry-education-reform-1123-20131124_1_school-reform-efforts-diane-ravitch-hartfordpeter brushnoreply@blogger.com