KIPP Co-Founder Michael Feinberg Used School Computer to Access Porn
Michael Feinberg is the co-founder of the “no excuses” Knoweldge Is Power Program (KIPP) charter school chain. He and co-founder Dave Levin trace their ed-reformer-entrepreneureal roots to Teach for America (TFA). As of 2019, the KIPP chain consists of 242 schools.
Levin and Feinberg co-founded KIPP in 1994; 24 years later, on February 22, 2018, Feinberg was fired following an investigation of allegations of sexual misconduct.
Feinberg denied the allegations, and in response, on August 22, 2018, he filed a defamation lawsuit seeking damages, including “lost earning capacity” and “exemplary and punitive damages.”
On November 17, 2019, KIPP responded to Feinberg’s defamation suit in this Motion to Dismiss. The 43-page Motion provides detailed background incidents leading up to Feinberg’s firing as well as KIPP’s public response.
Among those details are two shockers that severely undercut Feinberg’s denials and assertion of defamation:
- Feinberg used his school laptop to access pornography.
- He excused his behavior because he said he did not access porn at school.
From the Motion:
This is a defamation lawsuit in which Plaintiff Michael Feinberg alleges that the KIPP Defendants, acting through their respective Boards of CONTINUE READING: KIPP Co-Founder Michael Feinberg Used School Computer to Access Porn | deutsch29