Mon Jul 29, 2013, 04:32 PM
caraher (6,217 posts)
AP Exclusive: GOP Donor's School Grade Changed
Fucking criminals: Indiana "reformers" move the goalposts to make charters look good by changing the formula when anointed schools failed to perform. Smartest thing Indiana voters ever did was get rid of the hopelessly corrupt Tony Bennett - sorry, Florida, he's your nightmare now!
Big donor's pet charter failed to score the promised "A" under the state's school grading system. In fact, Bennett went ballistic when he learned what Christel House received initially, a "2.9, or a 'C'," mainly because only a third of 9th grade students passed the algebra test. Bennett demanded the school get an "A" because he'd been describing them as the model of an "A" school all year long... When requested a status update Sept. 14, his staff alerted him that the new school grade, a 3.50, was painfully close to an "A." Then-deputy chief of staff Marcie Brown wrote that the state might not be able to "legally" change the cutoff for an "A." "We can revise the rule," Bennett responded. Over the next week, his top staff worked arduously to get Christel House its "A." By Sept. 21, Christel House had jumped to a 3.75. Gubera resigned shortly afterward. Be sure to read the emails and other documents themselves... Bennett's marching orders Bennett admits to, and denies, being a liar Fudging of grades declared complete Check out the tables where they are proud of making charters look better Some details of how they massaged their formulas
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Response to caraher (Original post)
Mon Jul 29, 2013, 04:40 PM
proud2BlibKansan (96,793 posts)
1. OMG!
And they thought they would get away with it??
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Response to proud2BlibKansan (Reply #1)
Mon Jul 29, 2013, 04:45 PM
caraher (6,217 posts)
2. The arrogance is breathtaking
Bennett is a real piece of work. I love where he complains that "Goobs" (what's with Republicans and these nicknames?) "thinks he was right" (it's not clear about what, but my money is on Goobs). (this is an exchange from one of the email documents the Times links to...)
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Response to caraher (Original post)
Mon Jul 29, 2013, 08:25 PM
Starry Messenger (32,335 posts)
3. Rules are for little people.
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Response to Starry Messenger (Reply #3)
Tue Aug 6, 2013, 09:00 PM
warrant46 (2,205 posts)