What The Media has said about MPEC’s work:

“…rattling cages for weeks. A former youth minister who doesn't shy away… Beightol's dispatches to supporters were combative, frequently castigating district administrators and criticizing UTD leadership for rolling over. He would ‘be a bulldog’ for teachers…”

“He hammered on that message at Edison, pointing to a chart showing that the number of administrators making more than $100,000 had increased at more than one-and-a-half times the rate of teachers and students during the past five years. That's money that could be going toward better teaching at suffering schools like Edison, Beightol said. ‘It's racism. It's classism’ ” Miami New Times - 1/04/07 http://www.miaminewtimes.com/Issues/2007-01-04/news/feature_full.html

“Beightol…a scrapper, thinks a backlash is long overdue. Rather than protecting a status quo that isn’t really working, he claims, ‘We have to evolve our union to serve professional educators. The current paradigm doesn’t fit our culture or our economy.’ ” Miami Sunpost – 10/19/06 http://www.miamisunpost.com/archives/2006/10-19-06/

“an excellent teacher…Beightol should be held up as a role model -- not just for his teaching ability but for his activism as well…He is a teacher who is no longer willing to sit back and wait to see what crumbs the school district may grant him and his colleagues in raises. He is angry and fed up and was one of the driving forces behind the recent protests by teachers who are demanding not only a living wage but respect as well.” Jim DeFede CBS4 10/18/06 http://cbs4.com/topstories/local_story_291215535.html

“Through it all, Beightol remains unflappable, striking a balance of discipline, patience and wit sought after often elusively -- by educators. The rapport is genuine.” - FIU Alumni Magazine – Fall 2000

http://www.fiu.edu/orgs/fiumag/fall_2000/alumni-profile2.htm

“Mr. Beightol empowers his students and his fellow colleagues with his efforts to communicate and educate…Students have benefited from an educator using tools available to him to alert others about up-to-date findings. Mr. Beightol has a passion to educate. He believes that every student can learn when given the necessary encouragement in the right setting and he stands up for what he believes in. He sets an example for all of us by his strong convictions and actions. Mr. Beightol is a gifted scientist and an impassioned educator, someone who brings people together and spreads goodwill.” - Miami Sunpost – Letter to the Editor http://www.miamisunpost.com/archives/2006/11-02-06/Letters.htm