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Pig Bones and Public Schools: Betsy DeVos and That Shfela Thing
Friday , 25, November 2016 Religious Fundamentalism, Section 16 4 CommentsYesterday Up North Progressive shared an audio recording of Betsy DeVos and her husband Dick answering questions at The Gathering in 2001. The Gathering is a right wing religious organization that rakes in about a billion dollars a year to fund Dominion Christian causes, such as infiltrating government and turning the United States into a […]
Pig Bones and Public Schools: Meet Betsy DeVos, Our New Education Secretary
Wednesday , 23, November 2016 Religious Fundamentalism, Section 16 3 CommentsJust in time so everyone would be too busy peeling potatoes and baking pies to notice, Donald Trump picked Betsy Prince DeVos for Education Secretary. The wife of Dick DeVos and sister of Erik Prince(founder of Blackwater mercs for hire), this princess of Dutch Reformed Ada Township has made a career of using her family […]
AAAAAAAANNNNNNNDDD It’s GONE: Gateway To Success For-Profit Charter School Learns Plagiarism is NOT Successful
Monday , 17, October 2016 Gateway To Success Academy, Section 16 Leave a commentThat didn’t take long at all! Yesterday Up North Progressive reported on discovering Gateway To Success by Plagiarism’s budget and salary report contained 90% of Holland Public Schools’ budget and salary report, right down to the HEA/MEA contract agreement! John Wilson just loves to rant and rave about how only 80% of high school students […]
Transparency Clear As Mud: Gateway To Success Academy Plagiarizes Holland Public Schools Salary and Budget Data
Sunday , 16, October 2016 Gateway To Success Academy, Section 16 3 CommentsSchools take plagiarism very seriously. Every public school has strict consequences for plagiarism, and all colleges and universities expel students for submitting someone else’s work without citation. There are tools available on the internet such as Copyscape or Grammerly that students, or anyone for that matter, can use to check and make sure their content […]
The Magic School Bus It Ain’t: Bay City Academy Providing Transportation for Students
Saturday , 1, October 2016 Section 16 3 CommentsOn September 12, 2016 Bay City Academy’s Facebook page jubilantly proclaimed they now own a school bus: We officially have a bus! Mr. Bennett, our BCA bus driver is ready to safely transport students to and from school. We are so excited! The flyer containing the rules, list of hubs (mostly the parking lots of […]
Something Something Rats Sinking Ship: Bay City Academy Advertises for First Grade Teacher on Facebook
Saturday , 3, September 2016 Dr. Ingersoll, Section 16 Leave a commentSometimes schools at the last minute find themselves in hiring situations when teachers and school staff find another job at another school. The job gets posted on the school’s website, and also school job websites like K12 Jobspot or REAP. But for-profit charter school Bay City Academy seems to think Facebook is a perfectly good […]
What Traverse City Area Public Schools Doesn’t Know About Jan Geht May Hurt Them
Monday , 11, July 2016 Dr. Ingersoll, Section 16 Leave a commentJan Geht is an attorney living in Traverse City, Michigan. He practices law for Bowerman, Bowden, Ford, Clulo & Luyt, P.C., and used to work for the Tax Division of the United States Justice Department as a trial attorney. Geht recently announced his candidacy for Traverse City Area Public Schools Board. His campaign website depicts […]
Already In Debt Before They Open Gateway To Success Struggles To Succeed
Friday , 17, June 2016 Gateway To Success Academy, Section 16 2 CommentsShoreline Media continues to provide free advertising to John Wilson’s new for-profit charter school, Gateway To Success Academy. The school that his wife, Anita, promised would “never be for alternative ed” has a new facade to hide the old grocery store while they hire staff and recruit students from cash-strapped real public schools. Jamie Bandstra […]
Another Former Bay City Academy Teacher Speaks: Steve and Brian Only See Dollar Signs
Thursday , 14, April 2016 Dr. Ingersoll, Section 16 1 CommentAll of the articles written about the criminal enterprise known as Bay City Academy are worth it when someone comes forward and confirms what we know must be happening inside the walls of this for-profit charter school. A former teacher of BCA bravely commented tonight to share the harsh truth: Rep. Charles Brunner is right […]
DeVos @GLEP_MI Lackey Gary Naeyaert Calls State Rep Charles Brunner Names: May Want To Beat Him Up and Steal His Lunch Money Too
Wednesday , 6, April 2016 Section 16 Leave a commentGary Naeyaert reached a new low tonight. Michigan State Representative Charles Brunner called out the Michigan Department of Education’s really bad decision to give Brian “gotta save my meal ticket” Lynch more time to reduce the debt of Bay City Academy. BCA is the charter school that finally exposed convicted felon Steve Ingersoll for the […]