Former Republican Indiana school chief made sure GOP donor’s charter school got top marks

[Galraedia]

Source: Raw Story

A former Indiana school superintendent frantically overhauled a school grading system to ensure a Republican donor’s charter school received an “A” grade.

Emails obtained by the Associated Press showed that former Indiana schools chief Tony Bennett, a Republican, insisted that a new school grading system must give the Christel House Academy charter school top marks.

The Indianapolis charter school was run by Christel DeHaan, who has given more than $2.8 million to Republicans since 1998, according to the Associated Press. Bennett had received $130,000 from DeHaan.

Bennett had promised to hold “failing” schools accountable by implementing the new statewide A-F school grading system. The new grading system had initially given Christel House a “C” grade, because of the school’s poor test scores in algebra.

Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/07/29/former-republican-indiana-school-chief-made-sure-gop-donors-charter-school-got-top-marks/

[rpannier]

1. No surprise there

The guy was a dud

[kas125]

2. Education in this state has suffered ever since Mitch Daniels was elected and Pence

is only making things worse. I had to quit working at my school after ten years to take care of my dad and now that he's gone my old job isn't even there anymore. Indiana, except for my little blue corner of this stupid red state, sucks.

[bpollen]

3. Tony Bennet

Not only did he leave his heart in San Francisco, he apparently left his ethics there too.

[bemildred]

4. Defrauding the government, the schools, and the kids. For money. nt