Administrative Buffoonery Or Crazy Like A Fox?

Oftentimes, stupidity needs no explanation:Iowa Central Community College President Robert Paxton will collect $400,000 from the school in return for his resignation.After 13 years as president of the Fort Dodge school, Paxton resigned Wednesday, one day before the school’s board of trustees was scheduled to discuss an undisclosed “personnel matter.”The special meeting was called after The Des

The Disastrous D.C. School System

Take a quick look at the problem that the public school system in our nation's capital has with finding fully licensed teachers: Next up on Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee’s agenda to make D.C. Schools more accountable? Getting “highly qualified” teachers into the classrooms. Under the controversial law “No Child Left Behind,” all teachers must demonstrate that they are qualified to teach their

Administrative Buffoonery: Test Company Gets An "F"

When I learned that these test results had to be set aside because some (undoubtedly) well-paid test gurus had forgotten to proof read their work, I didn't know whether I should laugh or cry: WASHINGTON (AP) — The reading scores of U.S. students on an international test are being tossed out due to a problem with how the test was printed, federal officials said Monday.Scores on the Program for

Banning 'Lil Ghosts And Goblins At The School House Door

Halloween is still weeks away. But already in Colorado the PC crowd has begun its campaign to suppress yet another harmless childhood rite of passage: BROOMFIELD - There won't be little ghosts and goblins at Kohl Elementary School this Halloween.In a newsletter sent home to parents, Principal Cindy Kaier wrote that the traditional Halloween party celebrated in classrooms each year will be

Administrative Buffoonery: Principal Photoshop

One Louisiana elementary school excluded portraits of its special education students from the school yearbook: MANDEVILLE, La. -- If you look at the yearbook for one St. Tammany Parish elementary school, you won't see all of the students.Parents said portrait shots of special education students with learning disabilities were left out of Pontchartrain Elementary School's yearbook. Instead, there

Unprofessional Conduct

A Tennessee elementary school administrator and several teachers have been accused of participating in what just might be one of the most tasteless (and possibly unlawful) stunts that have been inflicted on unsuspecting students in recent memory: MURFREESBORO — Parents of students at a Murfreesboro elementary school are outraged that teachers and an assistant principal staged a phony gun attack

Administrative Idiocy: Parents And Teachers Fight Back

Administrators in one Texas school district really know how to disrespect teachers and anger parents: ANNA – The story of Black Friday has shaken the small Anna school district, but tonight many people here hope to make it a legend of the past.Some residents of this rural Collin County town have painted their cars, donned T-shirts and posted signs to protest Black Friday, the day known by staff

Principal Pornstar Meets Ms. Horndog The Teacher

School principal Leroy Coleman and 8th grade teacher Janet Loften thought that it would be cute to "get their honey 'lovin where they get their money." He and She have now ended-up starring in their own adult film which was produced on location in his office: (Ed's note: See latest updates at the bottom of this entry.) CHICAGO, Illinois (AP) -- A principal and a teacher at a suburban elementary

13-Year Old Busted For Writing On Desk!

Thirteen-year-old New York City middle school student Chelsea Fraser thought that it would be swell to scribble "okay" on her school desktop. She was caught and led away in handcuffs:In this day and age when young students are frequently charged for serious school offenses such as possessing weapons, dealing drugs, or assaulting other students on school property, one Brooklyn teen's arrest may

Administrative Buffoonery: Principal Poo Gets The Boot!

And we thought that the "crest-fallen bone-headed school administratrix" was a feces species found almost exclusively in American public schools:A suspended Toronto elementary school principal has pleaded guilty to throwing feces (excrement) on a child.Maria Pantalone, 49, was charged with two counts of assault - one against that child and one against another – but only admitted to one of the