Double Standards

Is there a double standard here? It seems that it's okay for the Turkish/International administrators and teachers to either have a "substitute license," or no license; but the American teachers (at least the majority of them) have professional licenses. And yet, they cannot seem to get into Director or Dean of Academics positions...why is that?

And we will bet that the Turkish guys are getting more money (at least on paper), because they are over here on H1B visas and have to be paid the prevailing wage, which is usually higher than the American teacher' salaries.

Here's a suggestion, because charter schools receive public funding, teachers and the public have a right to ask how much the teachers and administrators earn; so request the salary information under the public documents laws and compare salaries.

And you would think that a guy that makes about $70,000, like Engin Karatas aka Blackstone does, could get a professional license instead of a 1-year Alternative Administrative license? He used to be the Dean of Academics at Horizon Denison and did not have any type of license.

The license information was taken from the Ohio Department of Education website on May 12, 2010.

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Anyone see a pattern here?

Horizon Science Academy Toledo High School

Staff Name                                         Position                               License Information 

Engin Blackstone (aka Karatas) Director                   1-year Alternative License

Carnel Smith                           Dean of Students        Expired Long-term substitute

Anna Gentle                            Teacher                     Professional License

Mandi DeWulf                        Teacher                      Professional License

Khlood Ftaiha                         Teacher                       No license

Steve Annesser                       Teacher                      Professional License

Lynne Strahl                           Teacher                       Professional License

Harold Strahm                        Teacher                       Professional License

Esther Mossing                       Teacher                       Professional License

Leslie Kurd                             Teacher                       No license

Ihsahn Ozulas                         Teacher                       No license

Mehmet Iimammedow            Teacher                        No license

Nancy Sirianni                        Teacher                        Professional License

Rachel Snyder                         Teacher                       Professional License

Nicole Lovell                          Teacher                        No license

Anthony Streetar                    Teacher                        No license

Vivian Mills                           Teacher                        1-year long-term substitute

Amy Converse                       Teacher                        Professional License

TaihaYilmaz                            Teacher                       No license

Ibrahim Onbasi                       Teacher                        Long-term substitute license

Amy Ewing                            Teacher                        Professional License

Nikola Spavic                         Teacher                        Professional License

Jackie Burns                            Teacher                       1-year long-term substitute

Tonya Schauwecker                Teacher                        Professional License

Rebecca Dinwoodie             Teacher                        2-year provisional

Kasim Ak                               Teacher                       Long-term substitute

Ismail Savruk                         Teacher                       Long-term substitute