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, Connecticut Parents Union, CTPU President Gwen Samuel, EAG, Education Action Group, Gesell Institute of Child Development, Michelle Rhee, New Haven Public Schools' Head Start Program, Randi Weingarten, StudentsFirst, teachers union
By Victor | Published: March 16, 2012
Florida: A proposed “Parent Trigger” law failed to pass the state Senate last Friday, by a vote of 20 to 20. It would have empowered parents with children in a failing school to force major changes, including turning it over to a charter school operator.
Pennsylvania: The Pennsylvania State Education Association, the state’s largest teachers [...]
By Victor | Published: March 2, 2012
California Gov. Jerry Brown is promoting a ballot initiative that would raise taxes on the wealthy and “temporarily” increase the state’s sales tax, in order to prop up public education, which also serves as Big Labor’s money tree.
Many public education advocates don’t like Brown’s plan because it would essentially maintain California’s current school [...]
By Victor | Published: February 24, 2012
The education reform movement has hit Hollywood, and is months away from becoming a hot topic in theaters near you.
Walden Media has announced that it will release the feature film “Won’t Back Down” in September. The fictional movie will be based in Pittsburgh, and will tell the story of a set of disgusted [...]
Posted in Daily Updates | Also tagged collective bargaining, Education Action Group, education reform, Holly Hunter, Hollywood, Maggie Gyllenhaal, New York Times, Pittsburgh, The Help, Viola Davis, Walden Media, Won't Back Down
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, Connecticut Parents Union, 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, Rep. Jason Bartlett, RiShawn Biddle, Stratford school district, StudentsFirst, Texas, Washington D.C.
By Ben | Published: December 14, 2010
During this past week, with the news so focused on the Congressional tax debate and the “wikileaks” controversy, you may have missed reports of a very impressive school choice victory.
The parents of students at McKinley Elementary School in Compton, California have risen up and taken control of their children’s education.
The parents are making use of [...]
