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"Confessions of a White Hat cubicle farmer"


Read it here, in the August 29 edition of Cleveland Scene. Not a pretty picture.

Doesn’t seem to be much out there about the author, Amy Rankin, but she writes a riveting story. About all she reveals regarding herself:

Before White Hat took me on board, I was substitute teaching at Kent City Schools, but an impending funding crunch would soon force cutbacks. All full-time temporary teachers were required to have teaching certificates. Since I didn’t have one, I applied at a local temp agency. That’s how I landed the job at the Ohio Distance & Electronic Learning Academy, Brennan’s internet school, where kids are supposed to earn their high-school diplomas online.

I’m all for first-person stories of what’s going on or has gone on inside a Brennan-run operation. But I wouldn’t mind just a little bit more info about Ms. Rankin. The only I could scare up in Google that made any sense was one referred to as an artist and writer who graduated New Mexico State University in 1987. That doesn’t sound quite right, looking at the picture, but I have no idea.

Amy – what can you tell us?

In the meantime, I’ve emailed her through Scene.

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By Jill Miller Zimon at 1:59 am September 5th, 2007 in Politics 

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One Response to “"Confessions of a White Hat cubicle farmer"”

  1. 1 Jeffrey on January 22nd, 2008 2:48 pm

    Most of the folks who get hired to work at the Life Skills Center or White Hat Management are green horns. They may have held a teaching, admin or principal position briefly at a small small school, but are not endowned with great credibility as an educator. It is not that they are bad, its just the way White Hat likes to operate. More experience and credibility means more pressure to do things correctly and lawfully, something white hat doesnt intend to do. So if a green horn makes allegations that laws are being broken it is easier for White Hat to explain away the confusion.

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