Overwhelmed, dispirited, eager for distraction, I allowed myself to be dragged briefly
into a Twitter «
debate» about
education reform that instantly devolved
into familiar rants about who is or is not qualified to set standards or policy, who's funding whom, and who stands to make a buck.
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 Rhod
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 Rhod
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 Rhod
education reform debate in Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island.
Oh and last but not least, at the very moment Achievement First and ConnCAN are working to infuse their agenda
into Connecticut's
education reform proposals, one of Achievement First's greatest champions suddenly shows up to not only sit at the head of the table but to oversee the entire
education reform debate.
Rather than spew indefensible statements, the corporate
education reform industry should release their talking heads to come out here
into the real word and
debate their positions in a public forum that would allow the media and citizens to finally learn the truth.