Thursday, June 10, 2010

New Britain Budget Cuts Could Result In 40 Students Per Classroom - Courant.com

By GRACE E. MERRITT
Posted by Frank Smith at 10.6.10

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

If most problems start at the top, then you should consider what one reporter had to say about the Superintendent of Schools:

REPORTERS NOTEBOOK (by Rick Guinness)
One word used by the $166,000-a-year-earning Dr. Doris Kurtz was "Collaborativeness" which is not a word. She made it up, which is cool, I guess.
But she used it, along with [[odor]] instead of [[older]]. Mispronouncing words and making up words is something she does a lot -- just like she used to be so arrogant has to have board of education meetings receive catered meals at the taxpayer's expense.
That doesn't mean she is wrong.
But it is notable. Because nobody else will say anything about it.
I think it is great that we had collaborativeness.

Her incorrect use of the English language was noticeable to a few members of the audience, and board members acknowledged that she does it a lot, but they all maintained that she needs to make nearly twice what the mayor makes because that is how it is in other towns.

June 12, 2010 at 1:09 AM
Anonymous said...

Programs in Milwaukee and New York City give low-income parents vouchers to pay for tuition at the school they choose for their children. The success of those programs, coupled with a shift in public opinion in favor of vouchers, bodes well for the voucher concept.

The public-private school voucher program is getting straight A’s this term. Communities around the nation interested in school choice received a flashing green light when the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear a Milwaukee case, thereby finessing the acrimonious church-state issue, at least for now. New evidence, particularly from New York City, is showing that vouchers work well. And, as important as anything else, the politics of the issue are tilting steadily toward the proponents, much to the dismay of schizophrenic Democrats.

June 14, 2010 at 1:59 AM

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