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Thursday, February 7, 2013

Modern School: Corruption at CTC Placed Kids at Risk, Denied Teachers Credentials

Modern School: Corruption at CTC Placed Kids at Risk, Denied Teachers Credentials:


Corruption at CTC Placed Kids at Risk, Denied Teachers Credentials


A recent lawsuit against the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CTC), filed in November by former government lawyer and CTC whistleblower Kathleen Carroll, alleges that CTC lawyers and administrators engaged in numerous illegal acts that prevented qualified teachers from obtaining or maintaining their credentials. The charges against the attorneys include tampering with case outcomes, acting outside their legal jurisdictions, nepotism, cronyism, and conflict of interest.

According to Steve Zeltzer, writing for Daily Censored, the suit’s allegations imply that the CTC may have been used as a tool for preventing qualified teachers from receiving their credentials so they would be unable to get hired at traditional district schools and be forced to seek jobs at