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Up North Progressive The Onion’d A For-Profit Charter School: The Continuing Story of Dr. Steve Ingersoll
Tuesday , 21, July 2015 Dr. Ingersoll, Section 16 2 CommentsWe’ve all laughed about Fox News being duped by The Onion, America’s finest news source, and publishing the parody websites’ stories as if they were actual news. It’s happened to a few other legitimate news sources often enough people now read a headline and ask, “Is this real, or The Onion?” Today, it happened to […]
Grand Traverse Academy 6th Graders Win Third Prize Tracking a Bear
Thursday , 14, May 2015 DNR, Dr. Ingersoll, Section 16 Leave a commentAfter over a year of negative news about Grand Traverse Academy, it’s probably a welcome respite to have some positive news about the for-profit charter school currently in need of an accountant and an attorney. That good news arrived today with the announcement that Mr. Lazur’s 6th grade class won third prize for their report […]
Grand Traverse Academy School Board Needs To Share The Felon’s Responsibility: The Continuing Story of Dr. Steve Ingersoll
Sunday , 26, April 2015 Dr. Ingersoll, Section 16 4 CommentsOn March 10, 2015, Steve Ingersoll was convicted in a federal district court on three out of six counts of felony fraud. What’s been happening since then? A lot. The intrepid Miss. Fortune has all the wonderfully dirty details. Steve Ingersoll wants a new trial because he’s still pretty sure charter schools are banks. Also, […]
Tea Party Charter School Has A NEW Website (In Development Stages)
Friday , 17, April 2015 Section 16, Tea Party Charter School 2 CommentsPasquale Battaglia was busy Wednesday afternoon helping Cindy Gamrat ban herself indefinitely from the Michigan House Republican Caucus after posting a status on facebook complaining the other people at the meeting don’t worship God the free market as much as she does. Battaglia has plenty of experience with using social media to expose himself as […]
Pasquale Battaglia: Still Pushing For Tea Party Charter School
Friday , 13, March 2015 Section 16, Tea Party 1 CommentAnd still demonstrating why he has no business ever opening a school at all. Scientists warning about climate change, which is very real and very much due to human activity, is just a ploy to get more money from the government. Not unlike a certain racist tea party member who wants the government to fund […]
Optometrist, Charter School Manager, and Now Convicted Felon Can Be Added To His Curriculum Vitae: The Continuing Story of Dr. Steve Ingersoll
Wednesday , 11, March 2015 Dr. Ingersoll, Section 16 1 CommentToday in federal district court Steve Ingersoll was found guilty on 3 of 6 fraud charges. His literal partner in crime, Roy Bradley, was found guilty of a sole count of fraud. The wives and sibling also named in the indictment were acquitted. Ingersoll is still free on bond, and will be sentenced on June […]
Game, Set, Match: The Continuing Story of Dr. Steve Ingersoll (But continuing how much longer?)
Thursday , 5, March 2015 Dr. Ingersoll, Section 16 Leave a commentYesterday the Up North Progressive had the pleasure of eating lunch with a group of dedicated public school education professionals working at a juvenile detention program. While chatting over our turkey soup, pork fried rice, and pizza, a quick browse through the local headlines brought up the most wonderful news: Testimony from an attorney who […]
Journalist Of The Year Jennifer Dixon Brings Steve Ingersoll To The Detroit Free Press
Monday , 9, February 2015 Dr. Ingersoll, Section 16, Uncategorized Leave a commentDetroit Free Press investigative reporter Jennifer Dixon this week was honored as Michigan’s first Journalist of the year for her excellent eight-part series on for-profit charter schools in the state. She highly deserves this recognition, especially with her continued dedication to expose corporate reform of our public schools. Dixon this week reported on someone who’s […]
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 […]