No Wonder Our Education System Sucks
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All this time we have been wondering why our education system keeps falling behind every other country in the world.
A lot of good stuff has been invented here, and in the past we have been home to some very smart people, so something must have happened, right? Well, yes it did. The entitlement age caught up with us. You know, that thing where no one should have to actually work to obtain anything, it should just be given to them, and if you don’t give it to them, well then, they will get it by hook or by crook.
Check out this story by ADRIAN SAINZ of the Associated Press:
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — It was a brazen and surprisingly long-lived scheme, authorities said, to help aspiring public school teachers cheat on the tests they must pass to prove they are qualified to lead their classrooms.
For 15 years, teachers in three Southern states paid Clarence Mumford Sr. — himself a longtime educator — to send someone else to take the tests in their place, authorities said. Each time, Mumford received a fee of between $1,500 and $3,000 to send one of his test ringers with fake identification to the Praxis exam. In return, his customers got a passing grade and began their careers as cheaters, according to federal prosecutors in Memphis.
Authorities say the scheme affected hundreds — if not thousands — of public school students who ended up being taught by unqualified instructors.
Mumford faces more than 60 fraud and conspiracy charges that claim he created fake driver’s licenses with the information of a teacher or an aspiring teacher and attached the photograph of a test-taker. Prospective teachers are accused of giving Mumford their Social Security numbers for him to make the fake identities.
The hired-test takers went to testing centers, showed the proctor the fake license, and passed the certification exam, prosecutors say. Then, the aspiring teacher used the test score to secure a job with a public school district, the indictment alleges. Fourteen people have been charged with mail and Social Security fraud, and four people have pleaded guilty to charges associated with the scheme.
Mumford “obtained tens of thousands of dollars” during the alleged conspiracy, which prosecutors say lasted from 1995 to 2010 in Arkansas, Mississippi and Tennessee.
Among those charged is former University of Tennessee and NFL wide receiver Cedrick Wilson, who is accused of employing a test-taker for a Praxis physical education exam. He was charged in late October with four counts of Social Security and mail fraud. He has pleaded not guilty and is out of jail on a $10,000 bond. He has been suspended by the Memphis City Schools system.
Really? A P.E. exam. For real? C’mon man!
Well, I guess that answers part of our question. The other part is how the hell did these people get out of college to even qualify to take the exam. GEEZZ.
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Did that really say that someone was paid to impersonate a potential teacher and then take a physical education exam for them??? Are you kidding me??? Wow!
I’ve heard about it happening in college courses but guess I would have expected more out of the “leaders of education”. Then again, I’m not really sure why….
Is there something wrong with the system or the teachers? Nurses taking state boards have to show three photo ideas, have a background check, etc. so that is just not a possibility.
Good post, Bill.