Court records show Roberts’s birthdate as December 18, 1970. But his original Wikipedia entry, created by an account that nearly matches a handle Roberts uses, says he was born December 18, 1978. And records from athletic competitions list his DOB at December 18, 1973.

Roberts is quoted in 2020 referring to Guyana as his birthplace and saying that his father immigrated to the United States in the 1980s and his mother in the 2000s. But in a 2024 local news story, he claims he was born in Brooklyn and raised by a single mother. His Facebook lists

Roberts’s LinkedIn lists a lot of universities, though notably, the degrees are absent. Elsewhere, he claims two master’s degrees and two doctorates, in addition to a bachelor’s. (I found some sources that claim he has a PhD, but I will presume these were honest errors.) It

During the years that Roberts supposedly was earning numerous graduate degrees, he also claims to have been continuously employed, as a teacher for a few years, then as a school administrator for almost two decades. His LinkedIn indicates that he was moonlighting as an “Executive

Roberts’s official bio from his current employer, Des Moines Public Schools, states, “While in the nation’s capital he was named the George Washington University’s 2013 Washington D.C. Principal of the Year.” I have searched and search and cannot find any record of this award.

One of Roberts’s more interesting claims, from his bio in his 2009 self-published book, is that he was a “Commissioned Military Officer” and a “Police Officer/Detective.” He dropped this service from his resume until 2022, when a run-in with law enforcement became public. After

More on Roberts’s military service in a self-published book he wrote. He says he graduated from officer candidate school when he was 22 and then worked at security detail for Queen Elizabeth. Her visit was in 1994. (It was her first visit in 28 years, not 50 as he says.) If true,

Here is Roberts’s marriage certificate from his 2017 marriage. (I removed a couple of identifying details of other parties, and SSNs were redacted by the county.) He married a woman who lived in Arkansas, and who now lives in Texas, according to her online bios. Although

Some of these court cases from Maryland are not Ian Andre Roberts, the Des Moines superintendent, but most of them appear to be. The records show he had children with a previous wife, who he divorced in 2006, and it appears he had at least one child out of wedlock with another

As others have reported, the Chair of the Des Moines school board that hired Roberts was Michelle Obama’s Chief of Staff. Roberts also met Michelle Obama when she was the graduation speaker at the high school where he was the principal. That speech featured prominently in his

Oops, I posted the wrong image in the prior post. I meant to share this image that shows that Jackie Norris, Michelle Obama’s former Chief of Staff, helped get Roberts his position as Superintendent in Des Moines.

This is a new one for me! For his 2017 wedding, Roberts essentially had his resume written on a cake. It’s hard to make out, but it appears that he claims degrees from St. John’s (2000), Morgan State (2007), and Georgetown (2014). Sadly, his children’s birth do not get a mention

Ian Roberts was offered the position of superintendent at Millcreek Township School District in Erie, Pennsylvania in May 2020. School board minutes from July show that they were struggling to ratify the contract because Roberts could not produce the documents necessary to obtain

Roberts was superintendent for Millcreek Township for three years. Each year the board gave him a rating of “meets expectations”—the equivalent of a grade of C on their 5-point scale. His replacement has received a rating of “outstanding”—their top mark—each year. These poor

@LauraPowellEsq Robert’s benefactor is Barack Obama (via Arne Duncan). He was probably identified at Georgetown in 2012-2013. There are many ways to claim “Harvard.” Georgetown is the jump from a normal international student to a rising star. The rest is daisy chaining. https://x.com/laurapowellesq/s...

@matthewrquan It was a summer program at Harvard for new principals.

@LauraPowellEsq @LauraPowellEsq your research has been picked up in local Des Moines news stories https://www.desmoinesregister....

@rkeuler Thanks for letting me know.

@LauraPowellEsq Well you know why nobody listened to any parent of the district questioning. Because he was black and an immigrant. My wife and I and many other parents of MillCreek township fought with them every minute we could We knew he was a snake oil salesman

@LauraPowellEsq The linchpin is that Friendship school in Baltimore he supposedly founded. Dive into the history of that. He reputedly helped found it. It was closed for either declining enrollment or poor academic performance.

@LauraPowellEsq @BillMelugin_ I have a question for you, Laura. Bill, and others, have said this is a mugshot pic from prior arrest. But he was just fined while hunting in PA Nov 28 2021, not arrested. Where’s the pic from?

@LauraPowellEsq Being black covers a multitude of sins.

@LauraPowellEsq You have to understand these women that run that school board are so hard-core liberal He could’ve literally said anything and they would’ve believed it.

@LauraPowellEsq Amazing? No, not really. Black privilege, you see, relieves such invaders of any suspicion.

@LauraPowellEsq What stresses me is how. Makes you wonder what’s lurking in the classrooms.

@LauraPowellEsq It doesn't take a brain surgeon to realize that someone has created a fake history about themselves with that much stuff in his various biographies. I know some incredible people but even they weren't "all over the charts" like that guy was. The odds of having a guitarist from

@LauraPowellEsq Some reports say FBI 'vetted' the guy in some way.....any truth to this?

@LauraPowellEsq Because they NEVER question a Democrat Illegal Voter!!!

@LauraPowellEsq Women should not be allowed to make hiring decisions

@LauraPowellEsq The cherry on top would be to find out he’d plagiarized his doctoral work!

@LauraPowellEsq Great work. Thanks!

@LauraPowellEsq “Don’t ask questions if you don’t want to have to deal with those uncomfortable truths” appears to be how the Left routinely operates.

@LauraPowellEsq Amazing work, Laura. This story is something. Makes you wonder how many more impostors are working in government. Such lax procedures are pathetic.

@LauraPowellEsq It’s almost as if the entire public education system is based on bullshit.

@LauraPowellEsq Ian Roberts’ could be the black equivalent of “Catch Me If You Can”.