You have to admire the impressive reporting by The News & Observer to ferret out the name of the tutor who worked with the North Carolina football players. Newspapers have had their woes, but the paper has pushed hard on this story and generally dominated the news (although InsideCarolina’s Greg Barnes also has been terrific, and he had the initial scoop that broke the story open).
Now, the Durham public school system has a decision to make.
According to The News & Observer, the tutor, Jennifer L. Wiley, is now teaching elementary school in Durham. If it turns out Wiley helped athletes cheat on their papers at UNC, should she should be teaching at all?
No wonder the Durham school system dodged the paper’s questions. The N&O said Wiley’s father said she had hired representation, but he would not give the name of her attorney.
Let’s face it – it would look terrible for a teacher to be working with kids if that happened. It doesn't help Wiley's case that UNC says she has not been forthcoming with information.
But if she helped them cheat, you have to wonder if she should should retain her position.
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