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RheeFirst! » Scientology tutoring service is hired in DCPS & paid by failed DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee

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Scientology tutoring service is hired in DCPS & paid by failed DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee



Written by Melanie Alnwick for Fox News (h/t CoopMike). Read the entire article here.
Concerned parents contacted FOX 5 about one of the groups approved for tutoring by D.C.’s Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE) – a group that has connections to the founder of the Church of Scientology. Applied Scholastics International is one of 29 tutoring services listed in the Title I Supplemental Educational Services Guide. Parents of students in failing D.C. public schools can choose which provider they would prefer for their children.
The list makes no mention of the group’s controversial ties. But Applied Scholastics’ website does not try to