POLITICO by Daniel Ducassi September 18, 2017 Federal education officials are giving the state more time to submit its plan to meet the requirements of a new federal education law — a move that will give state officials a few extra weeks to wrap up some last-minute changes under consideration that have been shrouded in […]
Schools left in dark on staff misdeeds – Tallahassee Democrat/USA Today
02/15/16 – By Steve Reilly In 1997, West Virginia fifth grade student Jeremy Bell died of what was believed to be a head injury while on a camping trip with the principal of his school, Edgar Friedrichs Jr. Nearly eight years later, investigators determined it was not a head injury. Bell had been sexually abused […]
Nation’s disciplined teacher data to be audited state by state – USA Today
02/15/16 – By Steve Reilly A state-by-state audit of the nation’s only database for tracking teacher misconduct is being ordered in the wake of a USA TODAY NETWORK investigation that found thousands of missing names in the listing of troublesome educators. [Read More]
