Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Deasy has Resume Errors. Ray & Associates was on the Job.

A big honkin' reminder of Barbara Erwin came out of Prince Georges County MD today.

Superintendent John Deasy - already under scrutiny for the troublesome combination of a $375,000 contract with fallen Dean Robert Felner and the fastest doctorate in memory - now has a "jacked up" resume'. His proximity to Felner, who is under federal investigation, can't help.

And the search firm contracted by Prince Georges County schools to vet the candidates? Ray & Associates.

Southern Maryland Online reports,
Prince George's County Schools Superintendent John E. Deasy has two anomalies on his resume, according to a review of the document by Capital News Service...

..Deasy listed a faculty position in the doctoral program of Educational Leadership and Social Justice at Loyola Marymount University, Calif., from 2003 to present. The university's human resources department could not find him listed as a current or former faculty member.

There also was a date discrepancy on the resume he had on file in the Prince George's Schools office of the superintendent.

It is too bad for Prince Georges County that Ray & Associates - having completed whatever research they were obliged to do for the school district - did not discover the resume errors. But they apparently didn't. As we have seen, these things happen.

U of L investigated U of L and determined that U of L didn't violate accreditation rules when the degree was conferred.

Deasy hasn't been commenting on the matter recently. But he used to be conversant on the subject.

When Deasy was chosen to lead the Prince George's school system, he told the Washington Post, he was "free of ethical taint." "I am proud of all of the credits I earned to achieve my doctorate," Deasy said in the news release.

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