May 2017 – Shared Knowledge LLC

By: Tonya Mead, CFE, PI, MBA, MA Educational Psychology A few months back, I wrote a post about the importance of background screening. After reading about alleged teacher cruelty against an innocent 11 year old student in Louisiana, I felt compelled to discuss the implications for failure to screen educators again. In summary, it seems […]

Hack to Prove Enrollment

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| Cyber Security, Data Forensics, Financial Aid, Fraud in Education, National Security

By: Tonya Mead, CFE, PI, MBA, MA Educational Psychology Computer information systems in the education sector remain susceptible to hacking by insiders and outsiders. Most often for financial gain, and for other times just to change a grade from “F” to “B.” Reasons why the incident at the University of Central Florida raises heightened alarms […]

Divergent Trends for Test Cheating

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| Ethics and Corruption, Fraud in Education, Test Security

By: Tonya Mead, CFE, PI, MBA, MA Educational Psychology Two districts within the largest school systems in the US; the Philadelphia Public School District, Pennsylvania and the Brooklyn District 188 in Illinois. are taking divergent paths to corrective action and future consequences for educators implicated in prior testing scandals. Allegations were made that a principal, […]

Oversight should be apolitical

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| Ethics and Corruption, Fraud in Education

By: Tonya Mead, CFE, PI, MBA, MA Educational Psychology Last night at around 10:30pm, James Runcie, Chief Operating Officer of the Office of Federal Student Aid, U.S. Department of Education resigned, reportedly due to his refusal to testify before the House Oversight Committee. House Education and the Workforce Chairwoman Rep. Virginia Foxx discerned, “No one […]

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Month: May 2017

Teacher says to child Go Kill Yourself

Hack to Prove Enrollment

Divergent Trends for Test Cheating

Oversight should be apolitical