Pretty funny! A second tier administrator in Bridgeport, Conn. Maybe a look at the dropout rate, the low test scores, and crime in the schools that he “re-constituted” and/or “intervened” with 15 years ago (e.g., Crane, Phillips, Tilden) will show how he himself fell so far. IB works only for kids that can do the work and want to. The program in the inner city schools serves only a handful of kids with most of them not getting the IB Diploma. By the way, that same U. of Chicago group praising IB, also condemned, just this year, the lack of progress in CPS on test scores, attendance, dropout rate etc. Some “legacy” Paul!

What is the Vallas push for now?

A legacy of nothing along with Duncan.

Philadelphia, New Orleans, Chile, Haiti and now Ct?

Both big salaries an nothing to show for it.

Is Vallas still a regular weekend commuter back to Chicago for weekends?

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It’s always great when a Swiss NGO of UNESCO pays for a study to “vindicate” its corrupt educational scheme. That’s right, IBO paid for the study.

http://www.truthaboutib.com

[...] Vallas: Study Vindicates Rigorous International Baccalaureate Program CBS2: Former Chicago Public Schools chief executive officer Paul Vallas says new research from the University of Chicago vindicates a program he instituted that had many doubters. [...]

I taught in a CPS school throughout the 1990s. Paul Vallas’s entry into the CPS leadership was welcomed and appreciated. Things were awful before Vallas was named the CEO. He made many improvements and never showed anything but the utmost respect for teachers. He certainly is vindicated by this study. Many people with much to lose did not want to see IB programs spread throughout the system. Sadly, Vallas was eventually outmaneuvered and CPS hasn’t had a decent leader since. I can’t help wondering how great it would have been to have had Paul Vallas working his magic all of these years. He has moved around the country a lot since Mayor Daley objected to his management style. He is respected by all. He doesn’t carry the baggage that Brizard carries, for example. It is because of his brilliance and obvious competence. Paul Vallas was a great loss to the city of Chicago. I wish him well in Bridgeport, CT.

[...] The mayor said this past Friday that he wants to double the size of the CPS International Baccalaureate program. A recent University of Chicago study shows the program is extremely successful in preparing neighbor… [...]

Paul Vallas is an absolute CRIMINAL!! He has the best public relations machine I’ve ever seen in my life. He does absolutely NOTHING and not only does no one call him on it, because no one questions his claims, they actually make him sound like he accomplished something! Amazing!

I thought he was supposed to be in Haiti right now “saving” their schools (that was a multi-year contract as per published reports!). His last year in New Orleans he was commuting back-and-forth to Haiti and neglecting his obligation to New Orleans. Now I see he’s hanging out in Illinois and Connecticut. What happened there? The press will STILL say he did a remarkable job with the Haitian schools because they’re too lazy to check it out or consider why he’s not there right now.

He kept saying how he provided books, new desks, etc. in Philadelphia. He did NONE of that, but no one asked him if he could prove his claims.

He did NOTHING for New Orleans, except for a little administrative window dressing. But no one asked him to prove his claims of a great make-over there, either.

It’s INCREDIBLE what this guy gets away with!!!

It’s all Greek to me.

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