As other comments here indicate many (most??) teachers have long ago left Malloy so that even before the announcement of the Pelto candidacy they were saying that they would/could not vote for Malloy. Only those within the profession know the depth of damage that has been done to it and to the teachers and students in this state.
Malloy’s continued attack on the profession of teachers has been much more than verbal as he has taken us from a state that had one of (if not the) most rigorous standards for certification to one that no longer considers a masters degree to be necessary and prefers and rewards TFAs in urban areas.
You cannot be working to demean an entire profession (what many in it would consider a “calling”) and expect a vote. Listen also to what parents are saying about the impact of the adoption of the Common Core and the focus on testing. The educational policies of Malloy have hit an enormous amount of people, including our most vulnerable–right in the stomach.
There endorsement is as meaninglessness as they are. I’m voting for Pelto. If the Malloy Gestapo manage to keep him off the ballot, I’ll vote for Foley.
Really? It may be that Malloy will not embrace a Wisconsin solution for Connecticut, but he and many Democrats (Rosa DeLauro, for one) and most Republicans have happily chipped away at CT’s public sector unions–weakening and diminishing them in various ways. It will hardly matter what Malloy thinks about the AFT or the CEA once Teach For America’s temporary interns (and missionaries) begin to staff more and more schools, especially in Connecticut’s cities. Not only does TFA deprive communities of a middle class job base–it creates an insidious culture of turnover and churn that is distressing and harmful to students. Maybe Melodie Peters and other union bosses don’t care because they still rake in dues from TFAers, but the long-term effect will be devastating. Malloy should not be concealing his hypocrisy–his support for TFA; charter schools; teacher evals and the evisceration of teacher tenure–behind some boiler-plate nonsense regarding support for teachers.
You are out of touch if you think the union leadership endorsement means anything to the rank and file. Their endorsement is meaningless if it doesn’t bring in the votes and it won’t. We will NOT vote for Malloy. We do not blindly follow the decision made by a small group of union hacks. AFT and CEA should endorse policies that benefit children not political liars who use children and teachers for personal gain. Malloy is done and my colleagues and their families will not support a liar, a traitor and opportunistic parasite.
Mr. Vigdor,
As other comments here indicate many (most??) teachers have long ago left Malloy so that even before the announcement of the Pelto candidacy they were saying that they would/could not vote for Malloy. Only those within the profession know the depth of damage that has been done to it and to the teachers and students in this state.
Malloy’s continued attack on the profession of teachers has been much more than verbal as he has taken us from a state that had one of (if not the) most rigorous standards for certification to one that no longer considers a masters degree to be necessary and prefers and rewards TFAs in urban areas.
You cannot be working to demean an entire profession (what many in it would consider a “calling”) and expect a vote. Listen also to what parents are saying about the impact of the adoption of the Common Core and the focus on testing. The educational policies of Malloy have hit an enormous amount of people, including our most vulnerable–right in the stomach.
There endorsement is as meaninglessness as they are. I’m voting for Pelto. If the Malloy Gestapo manage to keep him off the ballot, I’ll vote for Foley.
Really? It may be that Malloy will not embrace a Wisconsin solution for Connecticut, but he and many Democrats (Rosa DeLauro, for one) and most Republicans have happily chipped away at CT’s public sector unions–weakening and diminishing them in various ways. It will hardly matter what Malloy thinks about the AFT or the CEA once Teach For America’s temporary interns (and missionaries) begin to staff more and more schools, especially in Connecticut’s cities. Not only does TFA deprive communities of a middle class job base–it creates an insidious culture of turnover and churn that is distressing and harmful to students. Maybe Melodie Peters and other union bosses don’t care because they still rake in dues from TFAers, but the long-term effect will be devastating. Malloy should not be concealing his hypocrisy–his support for TFA; charter schools; teacher evals and the evisceration of teacher tenure–behind some boiler-plate nonsense regarding support for teachers.
Neil,
You are out of touch if you think the union leadership endorsement means anything to the rank and file. Their endorsement is meaningless if it doesn’t bring in the votes and it won’t. We will NOT vote for Malloy. We do not blindly follow the decision made by a small group of union hacks. AFT and CEA should endorse policies that benefit children not political liars who use children and teachers for personal gain. Malloy is done and my colleagues and their families will not support a liar, a traitor and opportunistic parasite.