Taxes going up, vital services being cut, but low and behold, public funds are flowing ever faster into Achievement First,
Inc. the charter school management company co-founded by Governor Malloy's Commissioner of Education, Stefan Pryor.
ConnCAN is the charter school advocacy lobby group that was created by the same donors who helped Malloy's Commissioner of Education, Stefan Pryor; develop Achievement First,
Inc. the charter school management company that now runs schools in Connecticut, New York and Rhode Island.
The new lobbying entity includes most of the same groups that spent in excess of $ 6 million lobbying for Malloy's initial education reform initiative, including ConnCAN, the Achievement First,
Inc. charter school management company, the Northeast Charter School Network and Families for Excellent Schools, another pro-charter group entity.
A Better Connecticut is the latest charter school advocacy group to develop out of ConnCAN, the group that was created by Jonathan Sackler and the other deep financial pockets that funded the creation of Achievement First,
Inc. the charter school management company that was co-founded by Malloy's Commissioner of Education, Stefan Pryor.
If Malloy's bill passes — the single biggest beneficiary of money will not be the school systems in Hartford or Bridgeport or New Haven or Waterbury or New Britain but it will be Achievement First,
Inc. the charter school management company.
As Wait, What have readers learned over the last two years, Achievement First,
Inc. the Charter School management company that runs more than two dozen schools in New York, Connecticut and Rhode Island is notorious for «out - migrating» or «dumping» any students that don't fit their «exacting» standards.
Charter schools, such as those associated with Achievement First,
Inc. the charter school management company co-founded by Governor Malloy's Commissioner of Education and the FUSE / Jumoke Academy charter school management company, consistently fail to provide educational programing to their fair share of non-English speaking students and those who students who need special education services.
The reformers initial proposal was to hand Hartford's Clark Elementary school over to Achievement First,
Inc. the charter school management company co-founded by Commissioner Stefan Pryor.
Not exact matches
WHEREAS under Klinsky's leadership and
management, Victory
Inc. has been engaged in union - busting campaigns to deny
charter school educators their democratic right to organize into unions and bargain collectively; and
THAT the New York State United Teachers (NYSUT) condemns the union - busting campaigns undertaken by Victory
Inc. in
charter schools where it serves as the
management organization; and
WHEREAS Wall Street financier and private equity fund manager Steven Klinsky is the founder of Victory Education Partners,
Inc., a privately held, for - profit educational
management company that manages
charter schools in New York, Pennsylvania and Illinois; and
For White Hat
Management, the politically connected Ohio for - profit operating both traditional and virtual
charter schools, the success rate under NCLB was a mere 2 percent, while for
schools run by K12
Inc., it was 25 percent.
Over the past 18 months, Stefan Pryor, Malloy's Commissioner of Education, co-founder of Achievement First,
Inc. (the large
charter school Management Company) and corporate education reform aficionado, has moved out all the professional expertise from the State Department of Education's office that is responsible for what used to be called Priority School Districts but are now called Alliance Dist
school Management Company) and corporate education reform aficionado, has moved out all the professional expertise from the State Department of Education's office that is responsible for what used to be called Priority
School Districts but are now called Alliance Dist
School Districts but are now called Alliance Districts.
There also appears to be illegal in - kind corporate contributions from Achievement First,
Inc., the
charter school management company that runs Achievement First Bridgeport.
Three other corporate education reform industry groups, the Connecticut Coalition for Achievement Now,
Inc. (ConnCAN), the Connecticut Council for Education Reform (CCER), and Achievement First,
Inc. (the
charter school management company with strong ties to the Malloy administration,) have spent nearly $ 100,000 more in recent weeks in a lobbying program designed to persuade legislators that it is good idea for them to cut funding for their own public
schools, while increasing the taxpayer subsidy for the privately run
charter schools.
According to the New York State
charter school application, Perry's Capital Preparatory
Schools,
Inc. is «designed to be a fiscally fit «boutique»
charter management organization («CMO»).»
readers now appreciate, Connecticut's
charter schools, and especially Achievement First,
Inc., the large
charter school management company co-founded by Stefan Pryor, Governor Malloy's Commissioner of Education, actively allow, if not promote segregation.
Connecticut's own Achievement First
Inc., the large
charter school management firm that was founded, in part, by Governor Malloy's Commissioner of Education, Stefan Pryor.
The timing of this hand - out to another Achievement First
Inc. employee is particularly noteworthy since it takes place at the very moment that Governor Dannel «Dan» Malloy and Commissioner Pryor are circling the wagons in an attempt to deny any responsibility for the Jumoke Academy / FUSE
Charter School Management Company debacle of the past few weeks.
Of course, Achievement First,
Inc. being the large
charter school management company that was co-founded by Stefan Pryor, Malloy's Education Commissioner.
His suggestion that Capital Prep is part of CPS («Capital Preparatory
Schools,
Inc.») or that it is part of his «boutique»
charter management organization («CMO») is nothing short of an outright lie.
First up is Kishimoto's plan to close Hartford's Clark
School and give it to Achievement First, Inc. the large charter school management company co-founded by Governor Malloy's Commissioner of Education, Stefan
School and give it to Achievement First,
Inc. the large
charter school management company co-founded by Governor Malloy's Commissioner of Education, Stefan
school management company co-founded by Governor Malloy's Commissioner of Education, Stefan Pryor.
Achievement First,
Inc. is the large
charter school management company co-founded by Malloy's Commissioner of Education, Stefan Pryor.
Not surprisingly, heading the list of beneficiaries is Achievement First,
Inc., the
charter school management company that was co-founded by Stefan Pryor, Malloy's (now former) Commissioner of Education.
As Connecticut has come to know, Achievement First,
Inc. is the
charter school management company co-founded by Malloy's Commissioner of Education, Stefan Pryor.
Achievement First,
Inc., of course, is the
charter school management company that was co-founded by Connecticut's Commissioner of Education, Stefan Pryor.
ConnCAN, known to us as the
charter school advocacy group formed by Achievement First
Inc., the
charter school management company, that was set up by Stefan Pryor and friends, beat out every other «education reform» group in the country, do to their ability to consistently misrepresent the facts on the most constant basis.
Stefan Pryor is co-founder of Achievement First,
Inc., the large
charter school management company, and served on their board of directors until he resigned to become Connecticut's Commissioner of Education.
What we do know is that Achievement First
Inc. (the
Charter School Management Company), the Connecticut Coalition for Achievement Now, Inc (ConnCAN), the Connecticut Coalition for Achievement Advocacy,
Inc. and 50CAN Inc are — as the saying goes — closely related entities.
Many were concerned that Pryor, a key player behind Achievement First
Inc., the large
charter school management company that runs twenty schools in New York and Connecticut, would use his position to take over neighborhood schools and hand them over to his friends and colleagues in the Charter School in
charter school management company that runs twenty schools in New York and Connecticut, would use his position to take over neighborhood schools and hand them over to his friends and colleagues in the Charter School ind
school management company that runs twenty
schools in New York and Connecticut, would use his position to take over neighborhood
schools and hand them over to his friends and colleagues in the
Charter School in
Charter School ind
School industry.
And considering the Connecticut Commissioner of Education's close relationship with Achievement First,
Inc., the large
charter school management company that owns 20
schools in Connecticut and New York, the standard for
charter schools is not only more lenient but rewards failure.
Max Tribble, spokesman for
Charter School Management Inc., characterized running a charter school as «risky.
Charter School Management Inc., characterized running a charter school as «risky.&
School Management Inc., characterized running a
charter school as «risky.
charter school as «risky.&
school as «risky.»
ConnCAN, the
charter school advocacy group that was set up by Achievement First,
Inc., the
charter school management company, which was created by Connecticut education commissioner Stefan Pryor and his «education reform» colleagues, now reports that they actually spent half a million dollars in their recent effort to pass the «reform» legislation proposed by Governor Malloy and Commissioner Pryor.
Bridgeport's Democratic Primary to select Board of Education candidates will be held tomorrow and campaign finance reports filed last week reveal that Achievement First
Inc., the
charter school management company co-founded by Commissioner of Education, Stefan Pryor, continues to play a dominant role in the effort to control Bridgeport's public education system.
Previously, Bill co-founded Beacon Education
Management, Inc., a charter school management company, and served as its Chairman from 19
Management,
Inc., a
charter school management company, and served as its Chairman from 19
management company, and served as its Chairman from 1993 - 2001.
However, the conversion to
charter schools has proven profitable to many U.S. firms such as ALEC member National Heritage Academies, a for - profit
charter school management organization operating in eight states, and K - 12,
Inc., which promotes «virtual»
charter schools as well as «virtual» voucher
schools.
Last week Hartford Superintendent of
Schools, Christina Kishimoto, announced plans that she wants to close Hartford's Clark
School and hand the building over to Achievement First, Inc., the larger charter school management company that already has one school in Hartford but was promised another by Mayor Pedro Segarra and the majority on the Hartford Board of Educ
School and hand the building over to Achievement First,
Inc., the larger
charter school management company that already has one school in Hartford but was promised another by Mayor Pedro Segarra and the majority on the Hartford Board of Educ
school management company that already has one
school in Hartford but was promised another by Mayor Pedro Segarra and the majority on the Hartford Board of Educ
school in Hartford but was promised another by Mayor Pedro Segarra and the majority on the Hartford Board of Education.
Over the last few day's I've laid out the irrefutable evidence that the guiding hands that created and manage Achievement First,
Inc., the
charter school management company, are the same hands that created and coordinate the Connecticut Coalition for Achievement Now, Inc (ConnCAN) and the Connecticut Coalition for Achievement Advocacy, Inc (the entity that paid more than half a million dollars to lobby for Achievement First and ConnCAN's agenda).
Right, that Achievement First,
Inc. — the
charter school management company co-founded by Governor Malloy's Commissioner of Education, Stefan Pryor.
The CT Post doesn't even get to the fact that Commissioner Pryor, Pryor's Division Director in charge of turnaround
schools, and their new Bureau Chief in the turnaround
schools division all worked for Achievement First,
Inc., Connecticut's largest
charter school management company, before getting their state jobs.
The biggest winner of all will be Achievement First
Inc., the large
charter school management company that Connecticut's Commissioner of Education Stefan Pryor helped create and manage for the past 8 years before he resigned to become Malloy's point person on education reform.
One of the organizations that stand to gain the most is Achievement First,
Inc., the «
Charter School Management» company that presently has 19
schools in Connecticut and New York City including the well known Amistad Academy.
North Carolina's warming to virtual
schools will be welcome news to investors, who have seen online
charter schools in other states scale back their involvement with K12,
Inc. as
school leaders take over the
management functions from the company.
Achievement First
Inc. one of the nation's larger
charter school management companies with 20
schools in New York and Connecticut, is rapidly expanding in Connecticut, despite the fact that the 2012 education reform debate is supposed to include a discussion about whether the state should make greater use of the
charter school model.
As readers know, Achievement First,
Inc. is the large
charter school management company that was co-founded by Stefan Pryor who served on Achievement First's Board of Directors until he resigned to become Governor Malloy's Commissioner of Education.
Malloy's Commissioner of Education, Stefan Pryor, co-founded Achievement First,
Inc. and the larger
charter school management company has received a major increase in funding since Pryor took over the State Department of Education.
Prior to working for FUSE / Jumoke,
Inc., Comer worked for more than two years for Achievement First,
Inc., the large
charter school management company that was co-founded by Connecticut's Commissioner of Education, Stefan Pryor.
In turn, the Amistad effort spawned the creation of Achievement First,
Inc., the
charter school management company that now runs 20
charter schools in Connecticut and New York.
Sackler, who helped Malloy's Commissioner of Education, Stefan Pryor, create Achievement First
Inc., the large
charter school management company that owns at least 20
schools in Connecticut and New York, also played a pivotal role in forming Connecticut Coalition for Achievement Now
Inc. (ConnCAN), Connecticut Coalition for Education Advocacy (ConnAD) and 50 - CAN, the national organization that has inserted ConnCAN - like organizations into the education reform debate in Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island.
It started with Achievement First,
Inc., the
charter school management company co-founded by Commissioner of Education, Stefan Pryor.