Child Pornography

Child Pornography

Guilty but not yet sentenced


Michael Kelly Reiner, 46, 4th-5th grade teacher on Long Island.
Possession of child pornography. Caught trying to enter Canada with disks. Operated a web site devoted to sadistic fantasies and cannibalism.
To be sentenced August 10.

Gerald Thomas, 46. Texas teacher.
Pleaded guilty to one count child pornography.
To be sentenced April 18.
No online followup stories.

David Bergland, 42, a high school teacher in Massachusetts.
Pleaded guilty to child pornography possession. 150-300 images.
No sentencing information.

Joshua Evans, 25, elementary school music teacher in Georgia.
Pleaded guilty to charge he attempted to receive child pornography over the Internet.
No sentencing date given.

John McNair, 59, science teacher at a middle school, Pensacola, FL
Pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography. Police found 160,000 images.
To be sentenced Jan 17, 2008

Jennifer Jacobi, 35, a substitute teacher in Indiana
Pleaded guilty to two charges of child pornography production.
Previously sentenced to 66 years for sexual abuse of two children.
To be sentenced Dec. 30.

Scott Southerland, 49, an Illinois substitute teacher
Pleaded guilty to federal child pornography charges.
No sentencing date given.

Ronald Keith Neil, 41, a Boise, Idaho teacher.
Pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography.
To be sentenced May 14.

Craig Lee, 53, Superintendent of the Lagunitas School District, California
Pleaded no contest to one count (out of 13) for child pornography possession.
To be sentenced June 30, 2008.

Edgar Selavka, 48, an assistant teacher at the Center for Early Childhood Education at Smith College.
Guilty plea to 11 counts of possession of child pornography.
To be sentenced in June.

David Tanguay, 61, biology teacher in Wyndham, Maine.
Guilty plea to one count possession child pornography.
No sentencing date given.

Stanley DeLoach, 48, Culpeper, Virginia, Middle School teacher.
Guilty plea to 12 felony child pornography charges.
To be sentenced August 5.

Peter Lamana, 41, Boyertown, Pennsylvania, math teacher.
Guilty verdict to one count of sexual abuse of children for possession of child pornography.
No sentencing date given.

Harold (Bo) Scallon, 60, Rusk, TX teacher
Guilty plea to child pornography possession.
Sentenced to 78 months in prison, 5 years of supervised release.
Registration as a sex offender.

Richard Foster, 51, a 6th grade teacher in Bradford, Vermont.
Pleaded guilty to two charges of production of child pornography involving children under the age of 12.
To be sentenced December 22.

David Hassler, 62, a relgious studies teacher at a Catholic school, Pasadena, CA.
Pleaded guilty to Possession of child pornography.
To be sentenced January 26, 2009.

James C. Love, 37, minister and substitute teacher in Illinois.
Pleaded guilty to producing sexually explicit photos of minors while they were sleeping.
To be sentenced January 23, 2009.

TT - List of educators sentenced for child pornography.

Cost of Education - New Jersey

May 26, 2007 - Reported in the Herald News (NJ): New Jersey tops nation in pupil spending, citing a U.S. Census Bureau report.

In New Jersey, the average spending in 2004-05 was $13,800 per student. The Garden State was second only to New York, which spent $14,119 per pupil. Spending in the Passaic school district that year was an average of $15,531, according to Census figures. In the Paterson school district, the average per pupil cost was $16,302.

According to the state Department of Education, classroom instruction accounts for most spending per pupil, largely because of teacher salaries and benefits, class size and types of programs.

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TT - An examination at the report card for New Jersey by the Alliance for Excellent Education reveals the expenditure in education in New Jersey isn't reflected in the results.

Finding: GRADUATION RATES: New Jersey ranks 1st in the nation.
New Jersey 88%
National 70%

Reality: Standardized testing documents grade inflation and test-rigging is a subject of a criminal investigation in Camden. From the Report Card:

"According to New Jersey’s state test, 74% of eighth graders are proficient or above in reading; according to the national test (NAEP), 37% of New Jersey eighth graders are proficient or above in reading. (The average gap between the number of students reported proficient or above in reading by states and those reported by NAEP is 35.3%.)

According to New Jersey’s state test, 65% of eighth graders are proficient or above in mathematics; according to NAEP, 36% of New Jersey’s eighth graders are proficient or above in mathematics. (The average gap between the number of students reported proficient or above in mathematics by states and those reported by NAEP is 28%.)

Proficient means performing at grade level.

One of the reasons for the No Child Left Behind Act - to eliminate state tests that were continually being dumbed down to avoid detection and prevent accountability.

TEACHER PAY
Teacher Pay: New Jersey ranks 8th in the nation.
New Jersey Beginning Teacher Salary = $37,061
National Beginning Teacher Salary = $31,704

New Jersey Average Teacher Salary =$53,663
National Average Teacher Salary = $46,597

Cheating on standardized tests by teachers isn't unique to New Jersey. Here

Business Week (2004) story on test-rigging.

The U.S. Census Bureau Report. Released May 24, 2007. The top three were New York that spent $14,119 per student — the highest amount among states and state equivalents. Just behind was neighboring New Jersey at $13,800, the District of Columbia at $12,979.

You don't have to guess at the proficiency rate of any of the three. The U.S. Department of Education maintains a National Report Card. District of Columbia = 13% of 8th graders are proficient (at grade level) or above in reading. Only 9% of 8th graders are proficient (at grade level) or above in math. For a whopping $13,280 a year per student.

Why does New York test higher? They've had Regents Examinations for decades. Standardized testing.