Sunday, February 24, 2013

Schooling in the Ownership Society: Education reporting the way it's supposed to be done

Schooling in the Ownership Society: Education reporting the way it's supposed to be done:


Education reporting the way it's supposed to be done

Woodard
Congratulations to Colin Woodard, recipient of a 2012 George Polk Award for Education Reporting for his special report, "The profit motive behind virtual schools in Maine."

Woodard writes:
Internal K12 Inc. emails obtained last winter by Seminole County Public Schools and forwarded to investigators suggest the company was using uncertified teachers in violation of Florida law, even after being warned by officials not to do so. K12 operates the Seminole Virtual Instruction Program for the district. The content of the emails was confirmed by Seminole County school officials...
..."So if you see your name next to a student that might not be yours it's because you were