The new math: BPS department pays consultant for 100 hours of work done over a 48-hour period

By adamg on Sat, 04/15/2017 - 10:13am

The Herald reports how one creative BPS department got to pay a $1,000-a-day consultant even though BPS policy forbids paying more than $40 an hour without the superintendent's approval, which it didn't have.

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Is this the Common Core Math

By dpalomares on Sat, 04/15/2017 - 10:15am.

...I keep hearing about?

The article says it's for

By anon on Sat, 04/15/2017 - 12:57pm.

The article says it's for English Language Learner. Why a school needs a $2,000 a day consultant to teach English makes me think of this

Not teaching kids who already know English

By mg on Sat, 04/15/2017 - 4:14pm.

Cute clip, but given it was for English Language Learners, I doubt it was for teaching kids who already know English.

Still outrageous.

And Saint Peter said

By Sock_Puppet on Sat, 04/15/2017 - 11:25am.

"According to your billing records, you should have been here two years ago."

So why isn't this a criminal

By anon on Sat, 04/15/2017 - 6:37pm.

So why isn't this a criminal fraud investigation?