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Friday, January 06, 2006

MILLS AND TEACHERS
(AND UNIONS) AGAIN

During Thursday's [labor] hearing, both [diploma mill graduate] teachers acknowledged they did no course work, did not correspond with any instructors, took no exams and wrote no thesis papers. They paid less than $3,000 for their [MA] degrees and were required only to compile transcripts from previous college courses and workshops and provide information on classroom practices.

...The board [and the superintendent of schools] …demanded the teachers return the difference in pay accumulated since the 1999 raise [given on the basis of the bogus degrees], about $37,000 each.

The teachers union filed a grievance, forcing the labor hearing.
Posted at: 1/06/2006 05:47:00 PM