In the recent frenzy over how to most effectively change education, the issue of tenure has been the focus in Connecticut. SB24 also includes provisions to boost small schools in cities while creating obstacles for them in more rural areas. If the bill passes, more public monies will be promised to charter schools, quasi-public institutions which are exempt from certain federal mandates that public schools must fulfill or else be threatened with closure and/or loss of funding.
Some teachers want to see positive changes, but believe education reform should be implemented differently than Governor Malloy has planned.
For those wanting to learn more about why charter schools are controversial, there will be a screening of The Inconvenient Truth Behind Waiting for Superman at the King Davis Labor Center, 77 Huyshope Avenue. The event, which runs from 5-8pm on April 5th, will be facilitated by two teachers in the Hartford and New Haven school systems.
The screening is sponsored by AFT Connecticut and the CT Federation of Young Workers.