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Who’s Opting-Out? Recent Survey Results Show It’s Exactly Who You Think

Who is the opt-out movement? As it turns out, the people promoting opting out of state assessments are exactly who you’d expect. A recent survey conducted by Assistant Professor at Teacher’s College at...

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Another One Gone: Baker Says Goodbye To Bridgeport School Board

  Andre Baker is the fourth Bridgeport Board of Education member to resign from their post in the last two years — the latest in what has become a revolving door of school board members throwing in...

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Bridgeport’s School Board Disintegrates Into Chaos Over New Appointee

The Bridgeport School Board fell into chaos, again. Fighting and rancor is nothing new at school board meetings — a fact which regular readers of the blog are painfully aware — but, this time, things...

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Bridgeport and Hartford Parents Make History! File Groundbreaking Equity...

  (Photo by Brad Barket/Getty Images for Rally)   It’s really no secret that, in Bridgeport, a seat at one of the city’s six high-performing magnet schools is highly coveted. Last year alone,...

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Hartford Loses Superintendent Two Weeks After Start Of School Year

Bridgeport isn’t the only Connecticut city in the market for a new Superintendent. Yesterday, a mere nine days after the start of the school year, it was announced that Hartford —one of the state’s...

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Bridgeport Board In Complete Disarray During Pivotal Time

What a shameful state of affairs — on the very same day the New York Times published an article detailing the gross inequity faced by students attending Bridgeport schools, a political feud between...

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Will Things Ever Really Change? CCJEF Appeal Or Not, Bridgeport Needs State...

Last Wednesday, about 40 parents gathered in front of Geraldine Johnson School in Bridgeport, demanding the resignation of the school board member Maria Pereira. The situation has gotten so bad, that...

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Sorry, Not Sorry: Recent Events In New Haven Prove “High-Stakes Testing” Is A...

Editor’s note: The following rant is not for the eyes of children. You have been warned. —–   What does the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy and high-stakes testing in Connecticut all have in common?...

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The Month Without Meetings: Bridgeport Board Of Education Boycott Continues,...

As of October 1st, the Bridgeport Board of Education has gone an entire month without holding a single regular school board meeting. That means for the month of September all decisions were halted,...

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Bridgeport Superintendent Resigns: Yet Another Victim Of Hostile School Board...

  I should congratulate Maria Pereira! She finally got her way. To the detriment of 21,000 Bridgeport children, she’s finally pushed Superintendent Fran Rabinowitz out of the district. Good Job. With...

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