DOE Official Fined For Using State Resources On Her Doctoral Work An assistant superintendent for the Hawaii Department of Education has been fined $1,500 by the Hawaii State Ethics Commission for alleged violations of ethics rules after admitting to the use of department staff and resources for her doctoral dissertation. Suzanne Mulcahy, assistant superintendent of the Office of Curriculum, Instruction and Student Support, reached a settlement with the commission in a Jan. 18 agreement, according to a resolution of investigation. “ Mulcahy, a former teacher, vice principal and principal who was appointed to her current role in July 2015, used DOE employees and resources to assist in her dissertation on homeless students without first clearing it with the department’s data governance and analysis branch, or DAGA, according to the agreement. ” Continue reading... http://www.civilbeat.org/2018/01/doe-official-fined-for-using-state-resources-on-her-doctoral-work/
