Mamie Till Mobley

"There was an important mission for me, to shape so many...young minds as a teacher. God took away one child but...(gave) me thousands. And I have been grateful for the blessing." Mamie Till Mobley

Thursday, January 10, 2013

Adell Cothorne complaint about DC schools

Here is the  whistleblower complaint, Adell Cothorne, the former principal of an award-winning, Noyes Education Campus in D.C  filed in May 2011, under the false Claims Act on behalf of the federal government that accused teachers and administrators  of cheating on standardized tests to win cash bonuses and free steak dinners at high-priced restaurants former Chancellor Michelle Rhee promised. Jay Mathews an education columnist for the Washington Post wrote an interesting story about this in "D.C. principal slammed for reporting cheating."

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Whitney Tilson (3rd background)

Whitney Tilson (3rd background)
"Let’s be honest: we need a lot more well-off, well-educated white folks with a personal stake in both charter schools and education reform in general if we’re going to take reform to the next level, both politically and operationally.Whitney Tilson, hedge fund manager and major funding angel for the school privatizing Democrats for Education Reform, thinks there’s not enough rich, educated white folks.( Preaprez) click photo to his blog.

Arne Duncan

Arne Duncan
U.S. Secretary of Education, click photo