By CHRIS POWELL There’s so much wrong with public education in Connecticut generally and with the Hartford school system particularly that criticizing them doesn’t require making up stories. But that’s what the U.S. education secretary, Connecticut’s own Linda McMahon, did the other day to try to score a political point. Expect more from students, evenContinue reading “McMahon squanders her chance to improve Connecticut education”
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At last Linda McMahon finds a school that will listen to her
By CHRIS POWELL U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon at last has found a school in Connecticut willing to listen to her. McMahon’s visit to speak at a civics program at an elementary school in Fairfield in January was canceled when parents objected and the school administration decided that public education’s usual exaltation of “diversity” doesn’tContinue reading “At last Linda McMahon finds a school that will listen to her”
Connecticut devalues education while throwing more money at it
By Chris Powell Except to the teacher unions, Connecticut’s Linda McMahon is a big relief as secretary of the U.S. Education Department, mainly because her predecessor, Connecticut’s Miguel Cardona, was such a disaster. Distinguish among immigrants; and Pratt’s gradual departure CT Public’s wild salaries; and make schools answer Democrats would abolish public control of Connecticut’sContinue reading “Connecticut devalues education while throwing more money at it”
