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Lamont Names Acting Education Commissioner
Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont has named a replacement for former Education Commissioner Miguel Cardona, who was approved by the Senate to join President Joe Biden’s Cabinet this week. Lamont announced this week that he has accepted the recommendation of the Connecticut State Board of Education to appoint Charlene Russell-Tucker to serve as acting commissioner of the Connecticut State Department of Education. Cardona officially resigned on Tuesday, March 2 following his appointment by the U.S. Senate to be the country’s Education Secretary, and Russell-Tucker was appointed the following day. …
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Stamford, Bridgeport Charter Schools Put On Probation
Stating that the days of rubber-stamping charter school renewals are over, the Connecticut Board of Education placed a Bridgeport and a Stamford charter school on probation on Wednesday, May 2, according to multiple news reports. Stamford Academy Charter School was given one year to improve, in site of pleas from its director and board president that the 14-year-old high school deserved a three-year renewal, according to this news report. Andrea Weller, principal at Stamford Academy told Allan Taylor, who is chairman of the state Board of Education, that a one-year renewal is unfair. The …