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Bennett took the fall for his unethical actions, but the Superintendent of Education isn't all powerful. I haven't been following the issue closely, but surely others had to be involved. People who had to support and possible encourage his actions. Anybody know if any other names have come to light?
High School Chemistry Teacher. 7th year HS teaching. Franklin Central. Indianapolis, In
I read that Jeb Bush is involved in the whole thing and many more. There was an article the other day on BAT about other emails coming out that show there is more to the whole thing than just Bennett. He's pretty dumb to put all of those things in email. Or he just thinks that he is above it all.
Consistency. If the executive branch can be blamed for the "IRS Scandal," then the responsibility for "L'affaire Bennett" is also upstairs. Scott? J. Bush? I don't hear a lot of people crying for other heads. Bennett has been assigned to fall on his sword and not involve anyone higher up.
Post by I'd rather be cruisin' on Aug 5, 2013 17:59:35 GMT -5
The scary part of this is that one person can change any school's grade if that person is the Secretary of Education and he perceives it is the politically correct thing to do. People (puppets) in DOE will do his bidding if they're scared for their jobs. He just got the FL DOE to change our whole school grading formula (causing many school's grades to drop) before this all came to light and he resigned. I expect much more to be revealed before this is over.
36 years in Public education. 9 years in self contained K-12 Hearing Impaired class; 4 years in self-contained K-5 SLI class (severe language impaired); 23 years SLP, the last 6 years in Middle and High schools.
I believe that Bennett is only the first one to get caught in a conflict of interest. It is very hard to maintain an honest image in educational reform when corporate profit and political influence are the bottom line. He represents the tip of the iceberg of a multi-billion dollar industry that sadly uses our children as an excuse to make more money. Educational reform has been going on for 30 years now. The reformers have nothing to show but a bank account.