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I can't find the original story I heard a couple of weeks ago (on the radio), but another egregious sign of the state of public education in the US -- people ar
by jmspring 14y ago
I can't find the original story I heard a couple of weeks ago (on the radio), but another egregious sign of the state of public education in the US -- people are jailed for lying about their address in hopes of getting their child into a better school.
The story I recall hearing a couple of weeks ago was about a woman who was periodically homeless and used the address of her baby sitter (or something like that) to get her child into a better school. Now she faces jail time.
Searching google for lying about address to get into a better school resulting in jail time shows that this is not an isolated phenomena.
- spikels 14y agoI think you are probably talking about the story linked below. Very sad but I guess it is a form of fraud and theft. Certainly it indicates something is wrong with our current education system but there are so much other evidence (e.g. dropout rates, test scores, college preparedness) that this is hardly news. http://www.ctpost.com/news/article/Tanya-McDowell-sentenced-to-5-years-in-prison-3437974.php http://www.ctpost.com/news/article/Tanya-McDowell-sentenced-...
- jmspring 14y agoThanks, that was the story. Prison time for falsely reporting an address for purposes of schooling? A sad commentary on this society.