Executive Jerks

In a classic case of mindless adhering to school policies, a Kentucky seventh-grader was suspended for turning down drugs.
Wait, she was punished for doing the right thing?
So how do you get suspended for adhering to school rules? Rachael Greer was in the locker room before her fifth-period gym class, when a fellow student walked in [...]

I thought we were past all this no-holds-barred type of discrimination. But evidently, it still survives despite our best attempts to stomp it out.
A little 5 year-old boy of Native American descent was punished by his school, the Needville Independent School District or NISD, for wearing his hair in two long braids in accordance with [...]

15 year-old Emily Pridham’s father is suffering from cancer – leukemia to be specific. He has recently undergone a bone marrow transplant surgery, but the prognosis is grim. He has been given only months to live.
In response to this terrible news, Emily decided to shave her head in support of her father and as a [...]

Terrible news coming out of Connecticut as more details are revealed in an abuse case at a private prep school. Robert Reinhardt, a Dean of Students at The Gunnery, was ousted in June after students came forward alleging abuse. Last week, another student’s family filed a lawsuit against Reinhardt, accusing him of molesting the student [...]

The Detroit public school district is in a world of trouble. Facing a $259.9 million deficit, it’s toying with the idea of bankruptcy. But before it can even deal with its financial woes, it needs to clean house: several employees have been charged with embezzlement, theft, fraud, and pretty much any other white-collar crime you can think of.

University of Illinois’ Chancellor Richard Herman’s got some nerve.
After an eight-week investigation into the U of I admissions clout scandal, a panel commissioned by the Illinois Governor found that Herman was the main man responsible for getting hundreds of clouted applicants into the school. He even ignored the objections of the admissions office at times [...]

A few weeks ago, we covered the clout scandal at the University of Illinois, where Admissions Jerks accepted kids with political connections and less-than-stellar resumes. Today, we came across a great editorial from the Chicago Tribune that sums up the big issues: this scandal hurts not just the admissions officials caught with their pants down, [...]

Last week, we wrote about the education scandal rocking the University of Illinois. Long story short: the admissions board allowed some otherwise-unqualified students into the university based on their connections. The “pay to play learn” scandal rocked Illinois and annoyed a whole bunch of high school kids who already feel like the deck’s stacked against [...]