Throughout the rally, Smikle's hovered at the edge of the crowd, smiling and shaking hands; a political consultant and adjunct Columbia professor, he is now a candidate for the State Senate, running
against incumbent Democrat Bill Perkins, who has become the prime target of Harlem's
charter -
school backers.
Malloy implemented an extremely prejudicial evaluation system for teachers, brought in Common Core and its associated testing (SBAC), crushed the OPT OUT movement, reduced funding for public
schools while increasing funding for Achievement First Charter Schools, increased funding for CONNCan (a private Charter School advocacy group), appointed Stefan Pryor (CEO of Achievement First) as Commissioner of Education, vastly increased standardized testing throughout the state, and tried to abolish of tenure for teachers, all endorsed and supported by Melodie Peters against the wishes of the membership
schools while increasing funding for Achievement First
Charter Schools, increased funding for CONNCan (a private Charter School advocacy group), appointed Stefan Pryor (CEO of Achievement First) as Commissioner of Education, vastly increased standardized testing throughout the state, and tried to abolish of tenure for teachers, all endorsed and supported by Melodie Peters against the wishes of the membership
Schools, increased funding for CONNCan (a private
Charter School advocacy group), appointed Stefan Pryor (CEO of Achievement First) as Commissioner of Education, vastly increased standardized testing
throughout the state, and tried to abolish of tenure for teachers, all endorsed and supported by Melodie Peters
against the wishes of the membership in CT..
Harassed and lobbied vigorously
against the
charter school community
throughout, and sought to defund and decertify
schools and teachers which have been life savers for children who were lost in the district system.