“The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.”-George Orwell (aka Eric Arthur Blair)
Disappearing Students Syndrome (DSS): A phrase created by me to describe a phenomenon taking place across the United States, affecting both privately and publicly funded schools, from Kindergarten all the way through University levels.
U.S. Navy spends taxpayer dollars building new high school in Federated States of Micronesia, 07JAN2019.
Incomplete (Tip-o-the-Iceberg) list of publicly announced education related layoffs, shutdowns and crimes, January 2019:
ALABAMA: 76 schools on ‘failing’ list
Are Alabama’s latest high school graduation rates fake?
Nearly all Alabama school superintendents earning six-figure salaries
Superintendents demand $22-million in taxpayer funding, just for ‘security’!
How the Department of Defense could help end Alabama’s teacher shortage
Construction of new wing of federally funded Maxwell Elementary and Junior High School on Maxwell Air Force Base.
ALASKA: UAA students stunned by accreditation problems
ASD may alter parent-teacher conferences after quake
Even the U.S. military is short on education employees. Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson has put out a call for help, citing lack of child development center teachers, cooks and food service workers. In fact they have as many as 30 full-time jobs available, and it’s severely affecting their on-base child care ops: “Currently, we only have one [center] at full capacity, three at partial capacity and one temporarily closed due to a lack of workers….”-Tina Roberts, program manager
“If you have a love for children, you can advance quickly in childcare. A high school diploma or equivalent and a couple of references is all you need to apply….. From start to finish, the pre-employment timeline is about 14 days, and we try to make it as beneficial and smooth as possible. During the process, we educate our applicants about the many benefits of working for the CDC along with giving them a paid-for physical, immunizations and background check….. If eligible new hires already have a child development associate (CDA) credential we can bring them in as a target level, which starts out at $15.87 per hour.”-Meghan Govin, non-appropriated fund assistant director
ARIZONA: teachers continue to call it quits turning the teacher shortage into a crisis
Family claims teacher used school app to ‘groom’ her students
teacher enters guilty plea for sex crimes with minors
ARKANSAS: Little Rock teacher placed on leave for referencing monkeys
high school students call dress code discriminatory
female teacher admits sexual contact with teen
CALIFORNIA: The economy is booming. Why are so many California schools broke?
California schools were once the nation’s envy. What went wrong?
6th grade male teacher arrested on suspicion of sexually abusing two girls
Molestation lawsuit targets student-teacher contact
as many as 24 schools in one district could be closed in next 5 years
Los Angeles schools lost $15 million on Day 1 of strikes
U.S. Navy Band teaches ‘master class’ at Mission Bay High School, San Diego, 30JAN2019.
COLORADO: No charges filed against teacher who taped student to chair
High School teacher arrested in child pornography investigation
Cherry Creek School District leaders earn $200,000 total while waiting for their criminal trial
CONNECTICUT: community college professor who gave ‘Nazi’ salute fired
teacher placed on involuntary leave at Naugatuck High School
teacher accused of failing to report child abuse
teacher convicted of raping girl in skate park
The small state is turning to a military program called Troops to Teachers to deal with teacher shortages. Connecticut Army National Guard Sergeant First Class Benjamin Simon just finished the program: “Teaching is definitely the hardest thing I have ever done in my entire life. You have to be dedicated, and you have to have thick skin. There’s a lot of trial and error. Composure is so important. You have to understand you’re working with kids. These aren’t NCOs and Privates who have gone through Basic Training. Every child has different sensibilities, different backgrounds, different learning styles and it’s on you as a teacher to mold yourself to meet their needs.”
DELAWARE: Teacher With History of Alcohol Arrests Faces DUI Sentencing
Saudi Arabia sending teachers to teach in Delaware schools?
FLORIDA: Scandal ridden Bethune-Cookman University announces layoffs, salary cuts: “It’s as if they’re penalizing employees who had nothing to do with the misappropriation of funds!”-Cynthia Slater, NAACP
State Department of Education lays off 20 employees
Schools Will Install Facial Recognition Cameras
governor suspends sheriff over school massacre
Female substitute teacher fired, accused of sexual battery
Teacher and aides lock children with autism in closet
Male elementary teacher arrested on child sex charges
Male biology teacher caught doin’ it with 14-year-old student at an Airbnb
Female teacher vandalized park with human feces
A Mother Says a Teacher Molested Her 8 years old Daughter.
GEORGIA: school board member stabbed 17 times
Teacher punched student at least twice in lunchroom attack
Evidence eaten after teacher allegedly gave students marijuana
For some reason school districts are not reporting teachers who violate their contracts
GUAM: 8 reasons to attend the University of Guam over a mainland school
HAWAII: Tuition decrease proposed for University of Hawaii
DoE lied about school repair backlog
God’s own Saint Francis Junior High and High School shutting down
ILLINOIS: 10 new laws affecting schools, colleges
Chicago schools fire 6 workers, block 4 substitute teachers after sexual misconduct investigations
female high school teacher engaged in a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old boy
Male substitute teacher (who is also a ‘christian’ minister) arrested on child sex charges
Female high school secretary charged with sex crimes
‘of age’ female student admits in court she tricked male teacher into having sex with her
Seven teacher licenses suspended over state testing scandal
IOWA: ‘Rainbow’ teacher sentenced to 60 years for sexually abusing boys
Female teacher pleads guilty to sexual exploitation
University of Iowa student found dead of possible exposure
KANSAS: Sorting Fact And Fiction On Kansas Schools
female teacher charged with having sex with student
teacher accused of child sex crimes says he’s not guilty
KENTUCKY: Teacher caught on video dragging child with autism through school
special needs teacher accused of inappropriate relationship with student
Three school employees charged with abuse of autistic student
teacher at party where juveniles admitted to drinking alcohol and smoking marijuana
‘christian’ school apologizes for mistreatment of Native American students
What happened to separation of church and state? U.S. Army personnel visited children at the South Christian Elementary School.
LOUISIANA: God’s own Historic Saint Peter Claver School in Treme closing its doors
school employee under investigation for inappropriate relationship with student
High school student arrested after ‘scuffle’ left another student with a scared face
charter school principal sued, accused of sex crimes
educators confounded over student behavior problems
Hundreds of Bats Found at Louisiana High School
Louisiana is one of the least-educated states in the nation
MAINE: Greater Bangor schools making it easier for students to earn diplomas
Deer Isle teacher pleads not guilty to sex crimes against student
‘christian’ school teacher pled guilty to sex crimes
teacher seeks another appeal in sexual assault case
‘Well respected’ private music school teacher accused of sex crimes, fired from job just for being arrested (I guess in Maine you’re guilty just by being arrested, and even if proven innocent in court you’re still black-listed)
teacher sentenced for trying to break into funeral home
schools closed due to possible shooting threat
MARYLAND: ‘Highly credible’ reports of child sex abuse at private sexist boys only school
High school student accused of sexual assault in the school halls
Guidance Counselor Arrested on Multiple Sex Crime Charges
Transgender teacher was harassed
The U.S. Army directly targets ‘christian’ recruits at Saint Mary Catholic School, in Hagerstown, 28JAN2019.
MASSACHUSETTS: Education ‘nazis’ want an additional taxpayer killing $500-million for school funding
college closure threat growing, police state seeking new powers
teacher accused of molesting two students in his class
teacher-coach charged with assault and battery
MICHIGAN: Female special education teacher charged with sexual criminal conduct
Female high school teacher charged with sexual assault
‘Well-respected’ male principal arrested for alleged sex acts
Male teacher arrested on child porn charge
teacher admits to sexual assaults, then kills self
MSU Interim President resigns after tell Detroit News that sex crimes victims “enjoy the spotlight”
Federal report cites Michigan State with systemic ‘serious violations’ of campus-safety law
Michigan schools face nation’s worst decline in state taxpayer raping education funding
MINNESOTA: school board member, NAACP plan to sue taxpayers for more special education funding
Teacher-coach accused of sex assault and making porn
teacher suspended following ‘demeaning’ Instagram posts
MISSOURI: Federal taxpayers forced to give Missouri $6.5-million for ‘early education’ (when I was a kid, Kindergarten was considered early education)
Starting teacher salary in Missouri ranks 2nd lowest
Proof immigrants are taking over: In every grade level, Springfield Public School students score below state average, except in one area; English as a second language
teacher arrested on child porn charges
teacher pleads ‘not guilty’ in child porn case
Piano teacher enters guilty plea to sexual misconduct
MONTANA: Woman pled guilty to killing teacher with her car
teacher sentenced to 10 years for raping student
U.S. DoE investigating Montana schools for discrimination against Native Americans
So much for hiring ‘experts’ with college degrees; $771 million pension shortfall a product of ‘mind-boggling’ mistakes
superintendent placed on leave for fight video quits his job
LPS limits high school tansfers
Day care center shutdown in connection to homosexual sex crimes arrest
NEVADA: scholarships make college free (supposedly) for aspiring teachers
$10k annual bonuses to teachers at struggling schools
high school teacher, student kissed
teacher arrested on new meth trafficking charges
NEW HAMPSHIRE: teacher’s aide fired after arrest on child porn charges
teacher pleads guilty to witness tampering
Upscale Boarding School Teacher Accused Of Sexual Exploitation Of Student
Judge rejects plea deal for teacher
NEW JERSEY: Getting Sued Over School Segregation
cash-strapped taxpayers deny a nearly $170 million schools proposal
State taxpayers forced to double ‘security’ funding for religious and private schools
State high school exit exams declared illegal by state court
These 24 coaches are now banned
teacher pleads guilty to sexually assaulting student
high school teacher-coach faces sex abuse charges
Special education teacher charged with having sex with student
preschool teacher arrested after saying she’d shoot up school
Special education teacher admits to wanting to commit ‘gun violence’ against her school
Hundreds of teachers quitting mid-year
Governor orders end to high school exit testing
Governor wants taxpayers to shell out an additional $500-million for schools!
Recruiting military volunteers thru school counselors. Kirkland Air Force Base held an event to win over local high school counselors, 18JAN2019, and convince them to convince students to join-up.
NEW YORK: Yes, ‘blacks’ are racists too; ‘I Love My Skin!’ Why Black Parents Are Turning to Afrocentric Schools
Blackface Video Has Elite Private School in an Uproar
Junior High School Teacher accused of Raping Student
High School Special Ed teacher accused of rape
Oxford Teacher’s Aide Charged With Rape of Child
NORTH CAROLINA: North Carolina teacher accused of molesting children arrested in Arizona
For the third year in a row, schools disproportionally suspend students of ‘color’ (gee you mean there are people that have no color?)
high school teacher facing new charges for sex crimes
Asheville City Schools worst in the state
Religious favoritism for ‘christian’ military families as Richlands and Northside High School given a $906,121 grant to run a National Math and Science program that’s specifically for the College Readiness Program for Military Families. By the way, the award ceremony was held at a church.
NORTH DAKOTA: teacher accused of sending naked photos to students
teacher put on administrative leave following felony burglary charge
Bill would give universities access to Bank of North Dakota funds
OHIO: Are charter school building leases fleecing state taxpayers?
What harsher federal guidelines on school discipline and suspensions mean for Ohio students
Cleveland joins national program to provide scholarships to students
State agency rules against Toledo School for Arts in racial discrimination case
Teacher Arrested for Touching Himself in Front of Students
48 years old teacher indicted on eight charges of sex with 15 years old student
teacher guilty of drug parties, deals took place in her home
student high on LSD attacks teacher’s breasts, says his dog gave him the drugs
Here’s hypocrisy; police accuse high school teacher of abuse of power
OKLAHOMA: nearly tops nation in holding back early-grade kids
teacher arrested after alleged sexual assault on woman in bar
17-year-old accused of killing Broken Arrow teacher
OREGON: Audit reveals Many Problems with taxpayer funded state Department of Education
Audit reveals Portland schools fail to track what they do with taxpayer funding
Police kill man at junior high school during custody dispute
teacher arrested on child porn charges
Substitute teacher sentenced to 6 years
PENNSYLVANIA: Art Institute of Pittsburgh to close permanently in March
K-8 teacher’s aide facing trial on child-sex charges
elementary teacher accused of groping three students
State wants more tax dollars for technical schools
State seizes control of Penn Hills School District’s finances
initial report on university hazing violations published
program will offer $100 for college savings to every baby born or adopted in the state
PUERTO RICO: Taxpayer funded University of Puerto Rico could lose accreditation for failing to reveal how it spends the money
Repairing Puerto Rico’s schools post-Maria will cost taxpayers $11Billion, take 7 years
RHODE ISLAND: School employee charged with indecent solicitation
teachers who take a lot of time off could face discipline
Federal taxpayers give Rhode Island $4-million for early childhood education
SOUTH CAROLINA: ‘deep’ teacher shortage got even worse
South Carolina hasn’t enforced classroom size limits since 2010
school volunteer coach charged with sex assault
Coach, who has criminal record of assault, accused of slapping and punching student
SOUTH DAKOTA: God’s own Busy Blessings Day Care Closing due to failing to meet state requirements
TENNESSEE: Female teacher arrested, accused of sex crimes
Head Start teacher arrested after she brought meth to school
Sevier County schools hires teacher with history of sex crimes, almost immediately new accusations emerge, teacher called “creepy” by students and co-workers, only now is he being investigated (makes you wonder about the true intentions of school administrators)
TEXAS: Why some people aren’t sold on giving Texas teachers a $5000 raise
Female teacher had young girl pose in lingerie, planned to sell her in Africa
Teacher shot, killed by U.S. Air Force employee for making too much noise
UTAH: teacher to serve one year in jail for sending ‘seductive’ emails
substitute teacher gets prison time for sex crimes against children
Utah’s new version of school ‘grades’
VERMONT: Green Mountain College to close: “I knew our school was doing poorly financially, but I had no idea that it was going to shut down. …….going to have to do it all again. All of us are and it’s overwhelming.”-Meg Scognamiglio, a student who obviously hasn’t been following Blind Bat News
Church hires man to be new pastor, despite his sex crimes record as a ‘christian’ school teacher
VIRGINIA: student completes 13 years of perfect attendance
School District Sues State to Arm Employees
high school that honored a Confederate general gets a new name
teacher to serve 2 years for indecent liberties with child
band teacher to serve five years in prison
WASHINGTON: High School teacher charged with felony sexual misconduct
The Seattle Times pathetically begs Be a part of the solution to the teacher shortage
Major changes around corner for junior high schools
Washington Army National Guard personnel help build a school in Imperial Thailand at the end of January, 2019, as part of taxpayer funded operation Cobra Gold.
Washington DC: DC public school teacher was arrested for assaulting a child
DC considers ‘high-stakes’ teaching offers
U.S. Labor Department reveals mass exodus of teachers across the country
WEST VIRGINIA: teacher accused of giving alcohol to teens
teacher jailed after allegedly soliciting drugs
WISCONSIN: Student teacher charged with videotaping woman without consent
teacher accused of raping girl is now charged with intoxicated driving
Christian school teacher robbed at gunpoint
Students sexually assaulted a 16-year-old classmate
School employee gets probation for masturbating
Another teacher removed for using racial slur
WYOMING: teacher sentenced to at least 20 years in sex abuse case
Senate Cuts External Cost Adjustment In School-Funding
Dumbing Down the U.S.A., December 2018: “ONE DAY WE’RE ALL GOOD…THE NEXT DAY IT’S JUST OVER.”
United States and German taxpayers unknowingly hosted the Program on Cyber Security Studies from December 4 to 20.
Civil Air Patrol cadets, at Offutt Air Force Base, are inspired to take part in the National Cyber Patriot Competition, an event designed to inspire students toward careers in cyber-security, or other science, technology, engineering, and mathematics careers.
At Fort Bliss, U.S. Army personnel try out experimental man-portable electronic warfare/cyber electromagnetic equipment.
U.S. Marines and Seamen volunteer to make food for people at the Akshaya Patra, Unlimited Food for Children Centralized Kitchen in Visakhapatnam, India.
California politicians serve food to Army and Marines personnel guarding the border with Mexico.
At Anderson Air Force Base personnel from the U.S. Air Force, Japan Air Self-Defense Force, British empire’s Royal Australian Air Force and silly-vilians packed 143 bundles of food, clothing and medical supplies, to be airdropped to 56 Micronesian islands throughout the Pacific.
Hawaii Air National Guard’s 154th Logistics Squadron, delivers a meal to a disabled resident, as part of meal-on-wheels program Kalihi.
Volunteers of America North Louisiana serve gumbo to homeless veterans during a Christmas party at the Safe Haven shelter in Shreveport.
At Barnes Air National Guard Base, the 104th Fighter Wing collect cash and food donations for local charities.
118th Wing, Tennessee Air National Guard, assemble food-boxes at Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee, for school children who might not get anything to eat on days school is closed because of bad weather (implying that many kids in Tennessee rely on school lunch programs to get fed).
Because The Golden State is having problems with people going hungry, the U.S. Marines conducted a 9 mile Hike for the Hungry, transporting more than 8-thousand-6-hundred pounds of non-perishable food items in their rucks!
Bring a turkey to work day? That’s what Airmen stationed at Peterson Air Force Base did, donating turkeys for a food drive to help people in southern Colorado.
Salvation Army Disaster Responders hand out bottled water and prepared food to disaster survivors in Blountstown, Florida, at a FEMA/State Disaster Recovery Center following Hurricane Michael.
Volunteers with Servant Heart Disaster Relief, prepare Low Country Boil for the Apalachicola Seafood Festival to help panhandle residents gain some normalcy after Hurricane Michael.
The 3rd Battalion, 81st Armored Regiment, held a food drive for the Battle Buddy Resource Center at Fort Benning, Georgia.
Guam National Guard joined with Regular military forces, and FEMA, to deliver food, and other forms of help, to Super Typhoon Yutu ravaged Saipan.
Idaho Air National Guardsman, Technical Sergeant Mario A. Pile, doesn’t just cook-up food for fellow Guard personnel during drill weekends, he’s also the program manager for the Idaho Youth Ranch Hays House, a homeless shelter for teenagers.
U.S. Sailors help sort food at the Food Bank of Northwest Louisiana as part of Shreveport/Bossier City Navy Week.
Fort Hood Soldiers volunteer to collect and separate food during the Central Texas Food for Families food drive, the one-day drive collected more than 2 million pounds of food for 20 food banks in 9 counties!
Lieutenant Colonel Jeremy Sparks presents concepts for becoming better leaders to the Wyoming National Guard. Sparks currently works full-time for Central Arkansas Water, and previously worked for Tyson Foods.
B-52H Stratofortress deployed from Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, lands on the flight line in support of U.S. Strategic Command’s Bomber Task Force (BTF) in Europe at RAF Fairford, British empire England, 14MAR2019.
B-52 from the 5th Bomb Wing at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, sits on the flightline at Andersen AFB, Guam, 15JAN2019.
External fuel tank art.
B-52H Stratofortress assigned to the 96th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, deployed from Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, sits on the flightline after arriving for exercise Lightning Focus at Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Base Darwin, British empire Australia, 29NOV2018.
Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, 02JUN2016.
112 Oregon Air National Guardsmen from the 142nd Fighter Wing deploying to the United States African Command (AfriCom), the United States Central Command (CentCom) and other international destinations.