Update Feb. 25, 2007: Axelrod has pulled all of his blog entries prior to February 24, 2007. Christopher Boyd chastized Axelrod, and Axelrod's response was to pull the entries. Memo to self: use Grab when a particular page is vexatious, in case it disappears. Yes, cache works, but Grab is quick.
Axelrod introduces his blog in this manner:
My name is Dan Axelrod. I'm the Norwich Bulletin's education reporter. My focus is on news, trends and events happening in schools in Eastern Connecticut, from pre-K all the way through college. My goal is to give readers the news they crave from the local schools. You can e-mail me, daxelrod@norwichbulletin.com, with your ideas, comments and tips or send your input to our special school e-mail address: schools@norwichbulletin.com.
Axelrod came to my attention because he believes, and writes, that Julie Amero is guilty as charged.
On January 10, 2007, Axelrod wrote:
Since there’s no minimum mandatory sentence for showing children inappropriate images on a computer screen, let’s trust our legal system to properly sentence this substitute teacher. Who actually thinks she’s going to get 40 years in jail for showing Kelly Middle School children pornographic material? She’ll get what’s due to her.
Let’s also not blame Norwich Public Schools.
On February 6, 2007, Axelrod wrote:
There was no magic, mysterious conspiracy to arrest and convict this woman. No group of students said, “We hate this teacher and now we’re going to ruin her life.” There were no bungling school district administrators or evil police. Computer filters can’t stop every one of the millions of pornography Web sites from slipping through. Blaming the school, the police or anyone else for what Amero did is like blaming a rape victim for being raped. It’s sick, it’s wrong, it’s ignorant and it’s moronic. The school didn’t even bring charges up against Amero. The police did.
Axelrod began his blog on October 6, 2006.
Hi, I come from a family of educators and my parents are English professors. I graduated from Syracuse University with a master's degree in Magazine, Newspaper and Online Journalism in 2003. I have a bachelor's degree from the State University of New York at Cortland with a double-major -- History and Communications. I’m looking for news tips and input on local educational events and issues.
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