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When A Control Freak Loses Control Funny Things Start To Happen
Saturday , 24, January 2015 Dr. Ingersoll, Section 16 2 CommentsMiss Fortune has been doing an excellent job as always of covering the pre-trial shenanigans of taxpayer money embezzler, for-profit charter school manager Dr. Steve Ingersoll. The latest silliness that compelled the judge to make yet another decision about the optometrist’s behavior included telling Ingersoll flat out he wasn’t allowed to talk to the prosecution’s […]
New Civics Test Requirement in Arizona Compliments of the Tea Party
Friday , 16, January 2015 Section 16, Tea Party, Tealiban 1 CommentArizona is the first of 18 states to pass a new civics test requirement for graduation. 18 other states including North Dakota and Utah are also considering passing the new senior requirement. The vote was hailed as a show of bipartisan support to “lead the way to the passage of the Civics Education Initiative in […]
All education reform has two goals. Bust the union and make a profit off our tax dollars. Improving education has never been the goal or business model for corporate education reformers. Also always remember that school choice is a dog whistle for segregation.
Teachers Speak Out About Integrated Visual Learning: The Continuing Story of Dr. Steve Ingersoll
Tuesday , 13, January 2015 Dr. Ingersoll, Section 16 4 CommentsIt takes courage to speak out about an employer, even a former employer. Teachers especially have to be mindful about what they say about a school administrator they worked for. Long-reaching arms can make it hard for that teacher to find work elsewhere. Now that Michigan is a freedom to freeload state, keeping a position […]
A Parent Speaks About Their Children Attending Ingersoll’s For-Profit Charter Schools
Tuesday , 30, December 2014 Dr. Ingersoll, Section 16 Leave a commentThis optical illusion was published on page ten of a report offered by Grand Traverse Academy last fall. They claimed the reason why the patterns of colors move is due to ‘eye movement errors,’ or, everyone who looks at this image has eyes that don’t work properly. This claim is false. The image is an […]
One City Two Cases of School Embezzlement: Guess Which One Gets Press?
Tuesday , 23, December 2014 Dr. Ingersoll, Section 16 2 CommentsFormer Traverse City Area Public Schools Administrative Assistant Mary Gillison was arraigned on December 18 for allegedly embezzling between $1,000 and $20,000 over a five year period. It could be even more, but the statute of limitations is five years. Mary used to handle money at West Middle School dealing with yearbook sales, Scholastic book […]
An Interesting Thing Happened On Twitter Or What Happens When A Title Has An Acronym
Monday , 15, December 2014 Dr. Ingersoll Leave a commentYesterday an article with the title, “He Stole Your Tax Dollars and GTA Tried To Cover It Up” was published on this blog. When a blog is published on Up North Progressive, it’s also published as a link on Facebook and Twitter. As soon as the article went live, @GTAReddit followed me. Obviously a bot […]
He Stole Your Tax Dollars and GTA Tried To Cover It Up: The Continuing Story of Dr. Steve Ingersoll
Sunday , 14, December 2014 Dr. Ingersoll, Section 16 8 CommentsMiss Fortune once again provides readers with an exhaustive exposé of cover ups, shenanigans and denial going on with for-profit charter school Grand Traverse Academy and their former management company, Dr. Steve Ingersoll’s Smart Schools LLC. What the documents obtained through an FOIA request to Lake Superior State University, GTA’s for-profit charter school authorizer, shows […]
Michigan Department of Community Health Will Enforce New Immunization Rules Starting January 1, 2015
Saturday , 13, December 2014 Community, Section 16 8 CommentsThere are now 55 confirmed cases of whooping cough in Grand Traverse County, and five cases of measles spread between Grand Traverse and Leelanau counties. The rise in these completely preventable diseases is alarming, but even more alarming are the high rates of children not receiving life-saving vaccinations in these two counties. Mlive provided a […]