But I will
proudly stand by my statement that a Democrat who proposed doing away
with teacher tenure for all public school
teachers and repealing collective bargaining for
teachers in the poorest school; who refuses to de-couple inappropriate standardized tests from
teacher evaluation; who diverts a hundred million dollars a year from public schools to prop up unaccountable charter schools that refuse to educate their fair
share of bi-lingual students and students who need special education services; and who refused to settle the CCEJF lawsuit and develop a long - term change to Connecticut's school funding formula... DOES NOT deserve the badge of honor that comes
with being endorsed by
teacher unions.