Former Miami-Dade teachers indicted in certification scams

Miami Herald ^ | 7/19/2005 | MATTHEW I. PINZUR

[SamFromLivingston]

A former Miami-Dade high school teacher was indicted Monday, charged with running a company that sold worthless continuing-education classes that helped about 100 teachers renew their state licenses or qualify to teach additional subjects.

In a separate case, illustrating similar problems, another teacher was indicted on charges he brazenly falsified his qualifications by claiming to earn bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees -- all within three months.

[SamFromLivingston]

Use a bugmenot.com registration to view the rest of the story, I don't think we can post the entire article here and using your own email address will get you spammed.

Seems like we not only have teachers who cheat and lie about their own education, but hiring officials who don't bother to do simple checks to see whether or not the schools they went to are accredited (http://www.ope.ed.gov/accreditation/Search.asp).

[anniegetyourgun]

You can't see it, but SCAM is Florida's middle name. (It stands for sluts, cons, abusers, and malpractice.)

[AbeKrieger]

No puedo creer el racismo de los que nos acusarían de esto

(from a translation site so there you have it)