Smart cookies: Graduates Jordan Cohen-Kaplan (above) was at both graduations and noticed some of what Fleishman said sounded oddly familiar. He called the principal out in his school newspaper alongside fellow graduate Kylie Walters (below)
[From article]
David Fleishman, who heads Newton Public Schools, will see his $254,000 salary reduced by $4,890 for blatantly stealing some five lines from Gov. Deval Patrick without proper attribution and using them in two of his addresses to graduates in his district, according to the Boston Globe.
One student, Jordan Cohen-Kaplan, was at Boston University on May 18 when the governor delivered his speech with lines such as: 'Real human connection, the nuance of empathy and understanding, is often more gradual and elongated than Twitter.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2708741/Schools-chief-docked-pay-students-catch-plagiarizing-remarks-governor.html
Schools chief docked a week's pay after students catch him plagiarizing remarks from governor
Superintendent David Fleishman, of Newton Public Schools, loses $4,890
He blatantly lifted some five lines from Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick's speech weeks earlier at Boston University
Students Jordan Cohen-Kaplan and Kylie Walters called Fleishman out in high school newspaper article, prompting fine
By PEDRO OLIVEIRA JR.
Daily Mail (UK)
PUBLISHED: 13:07 EST, 28 July 2014 | UPDATED: 14:08 EST, 28 July 2014
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