[CASL-L] Information about "Dream Team" sponsors

[david bilmes]

We're all proud of CASL VP Intern Jane Martellino for being named to the
Dream Team of CT teachers who are going to work on developing Common
Core lessons and resources for us to use. Regardless of how we feel
about the Common Core, it's great that we have an outstanding
teacher-librarian like Jane involved in this program.


However, it's important that we know about this program, and who is
going to benefit financially from it. This blog post by Jonathan Pelto
gives detailed information about Learnzillion.com, and the corporate
background of the people on its board of directors. 
http://jonathanpelto.com/2014/04/18/malloy-administration-recruits-dream-team-sell-common-core-connecticut-teachers/


Here are a few excerpts from his post:


So Learnzillion is collecting money from the state taxpayers so it can
train public school teachers to better appreciate the Common Core.  Then
company, in turn, can then cash in by getting school districts to
subscribe to a “paid, enterprise-level plan” to access their information
paid for my Wall Street investors.


The whole scam is a dream come true for the corporate education reform
industry and they have Governor Dannel “Dan” Malloy and Commissioner
Stefan Pryor to thank for the business opportunity.
Check back for  more about Malloy’s use of taxpayer funds to persuade us
that the Common Core is the “solution” and the array of out-of-state
consultants the Malloy administration has hired to “educate” us about
the benefits of the Common Core.







David Bilmes
Library Media Specialist
Schaghticoke Middle School
23 Hipp Road
New Milford, CT 06776
(860) 354-2204, ext. 113 or 115
bilmesd at newmilfordps.org

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