Summary June 11, 2007
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School Playing at Teaching
In Norfolk, Virginia, a forward-thinking teacher encouraged students to write a play about their experiences. It contained all the elements of modern art and media: profanity, sex, gay sex and sex abuse. The theatre teacher who is also the advisor for the school's gay, lesbian and transgender students, helped engineer the effort and the principal fully approved. Eventually, however, the principal determined it wouldn't be debuting at the school. Those darn taxpayers. TT - Link
Con Man Coach
You go where the money is, and in this case, it was a coaching job at a school. The popular football coach, Mark Todd Hauze, 48, was indicted on fraud for operation of foreign currency trading fund that bilked investors out of $13 million. He got staffers and parents at the California school before moving on to coach in Oregon. TT - Link
Washington, DC Government Schools
There seems to be nothing functional in Washington, DC schools. David Frum (National Review Online) responded to the Washington Post's two-part look (links provided) at the scandal-ridden schools and offers up his own recommendations. TT - Link
