Here’s one to add to the grifter file:
Greater Works Charter School will no longer open in Rochester in 2015, part of the continuing fallout over lies in the resume of its 22-year-old founder.
Ted Morris Jr. represented himself to the New York State Education Department as a precocious businessman and educational advisor with bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees earned mostly online. In fact, he has no college degrees and scant professional experience.
He resigned Nov. 25, the day most of the misrepresentations came to light and just a week after the school gained approval from the state Board of Regents. […]
For such a young man, “Dr.” Ted is sure a very prodigious liar, since he he inflated his role as administrative assistant at a non-profit into CEO status, and also claimed a different alma mater in a previous filing with the state. No matter: Ted’s little grift was one of the few chosen by the state for funding:
In the fall 2014 charter approval cycle, 51 organizations submitted letters of intent, 17 were invited to submit full proposals, and only four, including Greater Works, were approved, according to the state education department.
In other words, 34 applications were written out in Crayola on Big Chief tablets, or scribbled on the back of 7-11 receipts. 17 of them used full sentences at the 8th grade reading level, and were invited to put pen to paper for a handwritten note to the state. 1 of the 4 that made it through that arduous process was “Dr” Ted’s. No wonder every charlatan, quack and ne’er-do-well wants to open a charter school.