Now wait, who is that grassroots group Students for Education Reform?
On April 19, 2012, 60 college students held a rally at the State Capitol demanding that the Legislature pass Governor Malloy’s “Education Reform” bill.
Students For Education Reform’s Connecticut director claimed that students were coming from a dozen different Connecticut campuses and that the cost of the rally included $10,000 for all the buses and then some for sandwiches for all the participants.
Although the Governor could not make time for Michelle Rhee’s “Education Reform” Rally last month, he was able to come out and speak to the students at this rally saying “this package that we put together will move Connecticut from where it is in the back of the pack to where it should be at the front of the classroom.”
AFT CT (American Federation of Teachers Connecticut) is committed to improving the quality of education for every child in the state. Education reform issues like teacher tenure, teacher certification, teacher evaluations, early childhood education, charter schools, school funding and more need input from all educators. PreK-12 teachers, paraprofessionals and school related personnel are working every day to improve learning and help students to grow. From urban schools in Connecticut, such as Hartford, New Britain, New Haven and Meriden, to suburban schools, such as, Bloomfield, Simsbury and Waterford, to regional school districts, our members are working to provide quality education.
