Lack of transparency, not politics, led to demise of Partnership for Connecticut – Connecticut Mirror

05/27/2020 – By Mike Savino Ray Dalio took to Twitter over the weekend, doubling down on his stance that the Partnership for Connecticut ended because of a “dysfunction and damage Read More …

Keep public service public – Waterbury Republican-American

05/23/2020 – Editorial The big Connecticut news story this week was the collapse of state government’s education-oriented collaboration with Westport-based Dalio Philanthropies. Gov. Ned Lamont, a backer of the collaboration Read More …

Education slush fund dies of accountability – Journal Inquirer

05/23/2020 – By Chris Powell Begun in secrecy, deception, and arrogance a year ago, the Partnership for Connecticut died the same way this week. Its tombstone should read: Let’s not Read More …

Lamont and his party don’t see eye-to-eye on secrecy rules for partnerships with private sector – The CT Mirror

05/20/2020 – By Keith M. Phaneuf As Connecticut’s education partnership with Dalio Philanthropies evaporated Tuesday, an aggrieved Gov. Ned Lamont insisted his administration wasn’t done teaming with talented individuals from Read More …

Dalios pull out of state education partnership, attack Republican reps – Connecticut Post

05/19/2020 – By Kaitlyn Krasselt Barbara and Ray Dalio are exiting the Partnership for Connecticut, ending the arrangement that was touted in 2019 as a unique way to reach troubled Read More …

Make teens’ murder trials public, Dalio ‘education’ farce too – Journal Inquirer

05/18/2020 – By Chris Powell Obsessed with the virus epidemic, Connecticut might not have noticed two deaths last week from a different cause — the murder of two women in Read More …

Turmoil at Dalio education partnership – Hartford Courant

05/13/2020 – By Jon Lender There is already big trouble at the high-profile education partnership that Gov. Ned Lamont and legislators have entered into in the past year with hedge Read More …

Put state education partnership under FOI rules – New Haven Register

02/23/2020  – Hearst CT papers Government must operate with complete transparency for a democracy to work. (Read More)

Education partnership discusses budget, hires and plans — all in open session – Connecticut Mirror

12/16/19 – By Kathleen Megan New Haven — The Partnership for Connecticut, a public-private venture formed to help struggling Connecticut schools, moved to hire legal counsel and accounting services, heard Read More …

Courant: The state’s most powerful Democrats want to conduct public business in private – Hartford Courant

11/03/19 – Editorial You want to pick a school for your children but the state wavers on telling you how many of their classmates are vaccinated for measles. A teenager Read More …