[BBrian]

You will find that many of the large chain schools will have bad writeups on them distributed throughout the net. Don't let this discourage you, as for every 1 complaint you see, there are equally 10 good reviews. It's just that people just aren't motivated as much to publicise their good experiences as opposed to their bad experiences.

You may have read bad things about Nova and Shane and whoever else. My advice would be to ignore all these, and make up your own mind.

There will always be complainers no matter how good a school is.

I could give you a list, but other teachers at the time where I taught would only complain, whilst I was satisified with the same conditions.

Don't focus on these black lists. Focus on getting a job that suits your needs. Make your own judgements from speed of reply and whatnot.