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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 […]
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 […]
M-STEP Replaces MEAP But Will Be Replaced By Something Else
Sunday , 30, November 2014 Section 16 8 CommentsThere are two reasons teachers give students tests: To find out if the students learned the content taught. To find out if the teacher was effective in teaching the content. It has nothing to do with the teacher wanting you to feel stupid or they enjoy torturing kids with tests. There’s important information there that […]
Dear Michigan Department of Education: Where Is The Embezzlement Investigation On For-Profit Charter School Huckster Steve Ingersoll?
Monday , 24, November 2014 Dr. Ingersoll, Section 16 1 CommentMiss Fortune has a new story that asks the question, just where is the embezzlement investigation on Steve Ingersoll, Smart Schools LLC and Grand Traverse Academy? Republicans really do believe they are an entitled class of people. They dip their hands into our tax dollars like it’s their own personal piggy bank, then insist they […]
For-Profit Charter School Authorizers Want To Self-Regulate: You Can Smell The Fear
Friday , 29, August 2014 Section 16 Leave a commentAddicts are a sad tragic reality of our society. They get used to using and want more, and want more, until they are caught for making a mess of themselves, their families, and their lives. The addict who insists they can stop using and turn their lives around on their own aren’t only lying to […]
Integrated Visual Learning Is Good For Your Back Too: The Continuing Story of Dr. Steve Ingersoll
Thursday , 28, August 2014 Dr. Ingersoll, Section 16 Leave a commentDr. Mark Noss is Dr. Steve Ingersoll’s business partner. They developed Integrated Visual Learning and train people how to be specialists in IVL therapy. People as far as away as Denmark have come to Michigan for training in this therapy. Did the Danish trainees find Excel Institute through a Facebook ad like this one? Dr. […]
UPDATE GLEP removed the offensive tweet comparing Superintendent Mike Flanagan with George Wallace. We apologize for anyone offended by our post comparing @suptflanagan with George Wallace. It was inappropriate and has been removed. — GLEP (@GLEP_MI) August 15, 2014 This is the image that was removed from GLEP’s twitter feed. Too bad once something is […]
Eleven For-Profit Charter School Authorizers Under The Gun For Poor Performance
Monday , 11, August 2014 Section 16 Leave a commentToday the Michigan Department of Education listed 11 charter school authorizers who have not met expectations for providing oversight with the charter school management companies they issued charters to open schools. If they do not improve, they face suspension and will no longer be able to issue charters. Of the list of 11 authorizers, Lake […]
State Superintendent Mike Flanagan Says A Thing: Doing Anything Remains To Be Seen
Tuesday , 8, July 2014 Section 16 Leave a commentUPDATE: Mike Flanagan announced he will retire when his contract ends in 2015. Another reason it’s vitally important that Mark Schauer is our next governor. In the days since the Detroit Free Press published their eight-day series on charter schools in Michigan, the talk in the state has been how to make charter schools more […]