Tag Archives: Connecticut Parents Union

Did Connecticut school fire parent union president due to her education reform activism?

By Victor | Published: April 4, 2012

By Ben Velderman
EAG Communications
     NEW HAVEN, Conn. – A day after hosting a pro-education reform rally at the state capitol, the president of the Connecticut Parents Union was fired from her job as a workshop presenter with New Haven Public Schools’ Head Start Program.

     CTPU President Gwen Samuel believes the local teachers union – the [...]

Posted in Daily Updates | Also tagged #edreform, #education, #kyleolson4, @eagfdn, AFT, American Federation of Teachers, CTPU President Gwen Samuel, EAG, Education Action Group, Gesell Institute of Child Development, Michelle Rhee, New Haven Public Schools' Head Start Program, Parent trigger, Randi Weingarten, StudentsFirst, teachers union | Leave a comment

Union president to parents: It’s not us, it’s you

By Victor | Published: March 9, 2012

    Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy has been making the rounds throughout the state, promoting his education reform plan, which he has promised will be “the most far-reaching in our state’s history.”

     The Democratic governor wants increase the number of charter schools and revise teacher tenure and seniority, among other things.

     When Gov. Malloy stopped at Brookside [...]

Posted in Daily Updates | Also tagged collective bargaining, Dannel Malloy, Education Action Group, education reform, Kelley Williams-Bolar, Michelle Rhee, StudentsFirst | Leave a comment

Connecticut Parents Union preparing for K-12 reform “war” with teacher union leadership

By Jason | Published: February 14, 2012

     MERIDEN, Conn. – Ask Gwen Samuel to describe just what her Connecticut Parents Union does, and she’ll begin by explaining what it doesn’t do.

”This is not a parents union that sells brownies to raise money for the local school,” Samuel tells EAG. “There’s no brownie baking here.”

Instead, the Connecticut Parents Union (CTPU) [...]

Posted in Daily Updates | Also tagged American Federation of Teachers, American Federation of Teachers-Connecticut, California, Connecticut, Connecticut Business and Industry Association, Connecticut Coalition for Achievement Now, Constitution, Democrat, Dropout Nation, Education Action Group, Gov. Shumlin, Gwen Samule, Hartford, High Quality Education Rally, Marie Menard, Michelle Rhee, Norwichbulletin.com, Nutmeg State, Ohio, Parent trigger, Rep. Jason Bartlett, RiShawn Biddle, Stratford school district, StudentsFirst, Texas, Washington D.C. | Leave a comment

Connecticut education reformers brace for ‘winner-take-all’ battle with teacher unions

By Victor | Published: January 27, 2012

Gov. Malloy plans reform to close student achievement gap

By Ben Velderman
EAG Communications

   HARTFORD, Ct. – Since 2010, Connecticut has had the dreary distinction of having the largest student achievement gap in the nation.

     Students in Connecticut’s well-to-do school districts significantly outperform students in poor, urban districts, which is a major economic and moral dilemma. But it [...]

Posted in Daily Updates | Also tagged American Federation of Teachers, Commecicut, Connecticut Coalition for Achievement Now, Dropout Nation, education reform, RiShawn Biddle | Leave a comment

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Tag Archives: Connecticut Parents Union

Did Connecticut school fire parent union president due to her education reform activism?

Union president to parents: It’s not us, it’s you

Connecticut Parents Union preparing for K-12 reform “war” with teacher union leadership

Connecticut education reformers brace for ‘winner-take-all’ battle with teacher unions

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