Friends in high places, II.
The Education Department's inspector general released a report
that exposed favoritism, conflicts of interest, and mismanagement at
"Reading First," a billion-dollar program created by the No
Child Left Behind Act, notes The Washington Post. Then-program director
Chris Doherty reportedly wrote a memo to his staff regarding one company
that was not part of the department's in-crowd: "They are
trying to crash our party and we need to beat the [expletive] out of
them in front of all the other would-be party crashers who are standing
on the front lawn waiting to see how we welcome these dirt bags."
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