[lbo-talk] in NYC school "reform", responsible = corrupt?

[Wojtek S]

[WS:] This is just the tip of an iceberg.  My wife, who is a public
school teacher/administrator, tells me horror stories about vast
amounts of money that school districts waste on useless technology and
construction, while cutting teacher positions and increasing class
sizes.

Wojtek

On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 8:16 AM, Alan Rudy <alan.rudy at gmail.com> wrote:
>  Consultant to the Schools Stole Millions, Officials Say
> though, that's not the half of it: "Mr. Lanham, who was being paid $200,000
> a year by the city, used layers of contractors and subcontractors to hide
> his scheme, and each of them profited a little from it, according to the
> federal complaint."  And it appears that Verizon and IBM overbilled the
> Dept. of Ed on top of being part of the scam...
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/29/nyregion/consultant-to-schools-stole-millions-officials-say.html
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