What a travesty. At the same time Gov. Dannel P. Malloy appeared as speaker at an educational conference in Cleveland touting his educational reforms, the crown jewel of his efforts, Achievement First, made the front page because of its educational abuses, including an outrageous number of suspensions of elementary school students in its public charter schools.
Malloy's educational reforms go wrong because people who have little or no experience in education are making decisions that affect children. That includes management firms and consultants that have been awarded contracts to aid in the reform efforts and corporate-sponsored advocacy boards. It also includes the commissioner of education, who was a board member of Achievement First, the superintendent of Hartford Public Schools and the governor.