The Suicide Of Rigoberto Ruelas Jr.

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Mystery in Teacher's death. Was the media to blame?
29th Apr, 2017 - 2:06pm / Post ID: #

The Suicide Of Rigoberto Ruelas Jr.

Newspaper Under Fire After Teacher's Suicide
Original Post Date: 28th Sep, 2010 - 2:57pm

I don't think he killed himself over the performance they wrote in the newspaper, it seems to me there were other issues.

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SOUTH GATE, Calif. -- The Los Angeles Times should remove teacher performance ratings from its website after the apparent suicide of a teacher despondent over his score, which was published in August, the union representing Los Angeles school teachers said. United Teachers Los Angeles has also asked school administrators to join with them in the request to the newspaper, union president AJ Duffy said. The body of 39-year-old Rigoberto Ruelas Jr., a fifth-grade teacher at Miramonte Elementary School, was found Sunday at the foot of a remote forest bridge. Investigators believe he jumped to his death, although the inquiry is continuing, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department spokesman Steve Whitmore said. The motive for Ruelas taking his own life is far from clear. But union officials said he had been upset since the Times published his district ranking as a "less effective" teacher based on his students' standardized English and math test scores.... Source 7k



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Post Date: 29th Apr, 2017 - 2:33pm / Post ID: #

The Suicide Of Rigoberto Ruelas Jr.
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While the score probably did not cause him to take his life I am sure they did not help matters at all. This is the problem when publishing these type of scores. You never know how they will effect the individuals who are below the curve.


 
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