A new principal is about to usher in a high school in the United States, and
The new principal's education and work experience are shining brightly.
However, after interviewing the new principal, the school newspaper reporter found that some of her statements were inconsistent with the introduction,
Six school newspaper reporters withstood the pressure of the outside world to investigate,
As a result, they found that the university where the principal was studying did not exist, his education may have been bought, and his work experience was not so glamorous...
Finally, the new principal resigned in shame before he took office...
U.S. The principal of School (PHS) resigned, and
needed to recruit a new principal,
so the supervisor of the regional education department, , teachers and student representatives of , , formed a recruitment committee.
passed the resume screening and interview , and
last doctoral named Amy Robertson stood out.
html on March 6,
Regional Education Department officially announced:
hired Robertson as the next principal, and
She will officially take office on on July 1.
At the same time, the regional education department also issued a press release,
press release for this Robertson, which can be said to be a hit:
"Robertson is the most suitable candidate."
"Robertson will take decades of educational experience to Pittsburg."
"Robertson has founded an education consulting company at Atticus I S in Dubai Consultants, she gained leadership and management experience when leading the company, which is equivalent to gaining the experience of a regional education supervisor. "
Her degree is brilliant, and her work experience is even more outstanding:
Robertson's own statement is:
"In the past 26 years, I have been in Spain, the United Arab Emirates, Brunei , Thailand, Mexico , Qatar , China and Indonesia have been teachers, department chairs, deans, curriculum leaders, education consultants, academic affairs directors, principals and regional education directors. "
She said she has provided educational consultations for some multinational companies, including:
formulating and implementing school policies and curriculums,
guiding professional development,
provides consultation for school construction and renovation projects, etc.
and Robertson herself also looked proud of returning home. She said:
"I am very excited about this opportunity. It is easy for me to continue to be a principal in Dubai for 10 years, but I hope to go home, I hope to go back to the United States, I hope to integrate into a community, and Pittsburg is a very suitable community."
Hearing this tone,
feels that she is just a high school principal, and
is still a big mistake~
But the salary is not low. After joining the company, Robertson's annual salary will reach 93,000 US dollars !
However, the students know nothing about this awesome new principal.
is fine. PHS's school newspaper (called The Booster Redux) has a tradition:
Before each new principal takes office, they will launch a report,
introduce the new principal to the whole school.
This time is no exception.
html on March 16th,
School Newspaper reporter phone interview . Robertson,
Regional Education Director Brown and School Newspaper instructor Smith also attended the interview.
But after the interview,
School Newspaper reporter
A total of
Why is this awesome principal some of the statements that can’t be closed?
's preface to is not consistent with the following , timeline does not match , etc.
They searched the principal online, and
found a news article.
The facts revealed by this news are also is not so glamorous :
Dubai education department revoked the license of a school founded by Robertson,
also said that the government has not approved Robertson to be the principal of this school.
government departments have investigated her school for several consecutive years, and the results are all "dissatisfied"!
School newspaper reporters reported these results to instructor Smith.
Smith very much supports them in continuing to dig deeper,
But ironic:
SmithTeacher himself was once a member of the recruitment committee,
So he avoided his interests and did not participate in the subsequent investigation.
They also made a report to the district education director Brown, but Brown's reaction was:
He was wondering why these students were investigating Robertson's qualifications,
also said that they were commissioning to do a qualification review by the Kansas Education Bureau.
Next, this group of high school journalists began their long investigation.
Robertson's own statement:
obtained a master's degree in comparative literature at Corllins University ; after
, he also obtained a doctorate in English from at Corllins University .
Investigation of the reporter of the school newspaper:
Corllins University claims to be a private university in the United States,
However, these young reporters searched for "Corllins University" in United States Department of Education university list database ,
but did not get any results ,
This indicates that the university has not been recognized by the US Department of Education;
quized the Better Business Bureau, the most famous business reputation survey agency in the United States, and
found a more amazing clue:
"Corllins Where is the real address of the University? (unknownn). "
However, according to Robertson himself,
Although most of her courses at Corllins University were taken online,
, she still went to the campus of Stockton, California to take classes in .
. The reporters followed this clue and
verified the government personnel in Stockton.
result. The government personnel's reply was:
"If someone wants to do business with us, he must get a business license."
"But our records show that no one takes 'Corllins' University’s license application, I don’t think we don’t have this school here.”
For such questions,
Robertson replied:
”Corllins The current situation of the University is irrelevant because I got my master's degree in 1994 and my doctorate degree in 2010. There is no problem with both degrees. "
" My three degrees are recognized by the U.S. government."
" I have no comments or responses to the questions raised by PHS students about my qualifications because they have no factual basis for their statements. "
Regarding the accreditation issue of the school, Brown, the head of regional education, also defended Robertson:
" I think Corllins University was recognized by the Ministry of Education at first, but it may have lost its recognition later. "
However, after a media inquiry from the US Department of Education, it was found that the Ministry of Education " universities closed since 1986 " did not have the name of Corllins University on the list.
Not only did the major authoritative institutions not have the name of Corllins University, but some articles mentioned:
Corllins University is an diploma factory (diploma mill),
is what we often call " Pheasant University ",
can buy fake degrees as long as you spend money.
If both master's and doctoral degrees are bought at Pheasant University,
Then what about undergraduate degree ?
Robertson claimed that he studied at University of Tulsa in the United States. The degree obtained by
is called: bachelor's fine arts (BFA) in theater arts,
But a young reporter asked this university to verify that the university said:
The degree they issued was called bachelor of arts in theater.
also differs from Robertson's own statement.
The young reporters also conducted many other investigations,
, for example, searched Corllins University's official website
, and found that it was a "discarded" website , and
had no functions at all.
One of them is called Connor Balthzor's 17-year-old young reporter described the investigation and said:
"I felt a little excited at first, like acting in a movie: a big reporter pressed step by step, and finally brought down a leader."
"As the investigation continues to deepen, I began to realize that this matter is very big."
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and html on March 31, that is, last Friday,
and they published a headline article in the school newspaper:
But on this day,
Brown director still endors Robertson and said:
regional education authorities 100% support Robertson as the principal of PHS.
Then this Tuesday, that is, April 4 ,
Robertson 1 took the initiative to resign , and
regional education director Brown issued a statement saying:
"In view of these recent controversies, Amy Robertson feels that her resignation is most in the interests of the region." The competent department of
also went along with the rampant and accepted her resignation.
At that time, some students and parents of PHS witnessed the process of meetings and announcing the results on the spot. After the results of
were announced, a parent asked the supervisor Brown:
Do you recognize the work done by these young reporters?
Brown's statement is: He will express his gratitude to these young reporters in his personal capacity .
Things seem to have ended successfully,
However, the follow-up question should not be stopped.
is like another 17-year-old reporter named Maddie Baden said:
"If students can easily discover all these facts, I want to know why adults didn't find it?" After the report of
PHS school newspaper was published, the work of
6 young reporters aroused strong response.
many very big-name reporters,
all reposted their reports on Twitter:
"Washington Post" reporter David Fahrenthold: "Lawless" high school journalists found their new principal received a degree from a university that might not exist.
Todd Wallack (the prototype of the reporter in the movie "Focus"): A very amazing report by high school reporters.
However, the more the reports of these 6 student reporters are appreciated, are the more severe the "adults" in the
?
Edit: WeChat Sydney (WeChat ID: wesydney)
