Atlanta Public Schools

Flier Of Superintendent In KKK Robe Sparks Outcry Amid School Closure Debate

Posted 04.07.2012

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From a contentious school redistricting debate among Atlanta Public Schools has emerged an even more controversial flier that depicts APS Superintende...

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Schools Nationwide Flagged For Possible Cheating, Some Question Analysis

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 03.25.2012

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ATLANTA — Hundreds of school systems nationwide exhibit suspicious test scores that point to the possibility of cheating, according to an investigat...

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Teachers In Atlanta Cheating Scandal Could Get Contract Renewals

Posted 02.20.2012

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Atlanta Public Schools may be forced to renew the contracts of 90 tenured teachers implicated in one of the nation's largest cheating scandals because...

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Former Atlanta Schools Chief: 'I Can't Make You Cheat'

Posted 01.28.2012

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In her first official television interview since investigators uncovered one of the largest cheating scandals in public school history, former Atlanta...

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Atlanta Cheating Scandal Costs Taxpayers Millions

Atlanta Journal Constitution | Ty Tagami and Ernie Suggs | Posted 01.21.2012

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Thousands of dollars to media consultants. Hundreds of thousands of dollars to lawyers. Millions of dollars to teachers and administrators who do no w...

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Georgia Temporarily Suspends Investigations Of Cheating Teachers

Posted 12.31.2011

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Georgia's teacher licensing agency has temporarily halted investigations of nearly 180 educators implicated in the Atlanta Public Schools' widespread ...

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Atlanta Trying To Raise $600,000 To Tutor Students Affected By Cheating Scandal

The Associated Press | Dorie Turner | Posted 12.26.2011

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ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta Public Schools Superintendent Erroll Davis is trying to raise $600,000 to help tutor students affected by the district's wide...

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Atlanta Public Schools Teachers Cheating Scandal: First Round Of Punishments Announced

AP | By DORIE TURNER | Posted 10.13.2011

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ATLANTA -- A Georgia state commission decided Thursday to revoke the teaching licenses of eight teachers and three school administrators in the Atlant...

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First Punishments In Atlanta Cheating Scandal To Be Issued

The Huffington Post | Emmeline Zhao | Posted 02.14.2012

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About a dozen Atlanta educators implicated in the district's cheating scandal find out Thursday whether Georgia education officials will strip them of...

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Accused Atlanta Schools Officials Want Erasure Analysis Thrown Out

WSBTV | Posted 12.05.2011

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ATLANTA -- The lawyer for four high-ranking Atlanta Public Schools officials told Channel 2 Action News he will ask a judge to throw out an erasure an...

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Atlanta Goes Online To Find Replacements For Cheating Teachers

Posted 11.27.2011

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In an attempt to fill teaching positions still left open by teachers implicated in Atlanta's widespread cheating scandal, Atlanta Public Schools is ho...

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Ex-Atlanta Schools Chief Doesn't Believe 'Culture Of Cheating'

Posted 11.08.2011

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Former Atlanta Public Schools Superintendent Beverly Hall says she "can't accept that there is a culture of cheating" among Atlanta schools. She made ...

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Atlanta To Turn Over Confidential Material In Cheating Probe

Atlanta Journal Constitution | Jaime Sarrio | Posted 10.30.2011

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Atlanta school board members Monday voted to waive legal privacy rights in connection to a high-profile cheating scandal, a signal the district once c...

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Atlanta Public School Officials Hand Subpoenaed Documents To Grand Jury

Reuters | Nader Mousavizadeh | Posted 10.27.2011

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(Reuters) - Atlanta public school officials appeared on Friday before a county grand jury investigating alleged cheating by teachers and principals on...

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Beverly Hall: The Scandal Is Not The Whole Story

Education Week | Beverly Hall | Posted 10.10.2011

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Atlanta's former superintendent on the cheating scandal and its fallout Scandal is the news, but it's not always the story. I know, because the Atl...

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Atlanta Students Head Back To School Amid Cheating Scandal

AP | DORIE TURNER | Posted 10.07.2011

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ATLANTA — Students return to Atlanta's schools this week for what's likely to be a tough year amid a cheating scandal that has forced thousands ...

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In Atlanta, Can Library Workers Do A Teachers' Job?

Posted 10.05.2011

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In light of a major budget shortfall and a shortage of teachers, Atlanta Public Schools has asked school librarians to fill in in the classroom. "D...

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Atlanta School Board Members To Keep Jobs, On Year-Long Probation

Posted 09.25.2011

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Atlanta's eight school board members will get to keep their jobs -- for now. The Georgia Board of Education signed a consent order with Atlanta Pub...

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41 Educators In Atlanta Cheating Scandal Quit

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 09.23.2011

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ATLANTA -- Atlanta school officials say 41 educators accused in a cheating scandal have resigned or retired. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution repor...

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Atlanta's Mass Exodus: About 30 More Quit

Posted 09.21.2011

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About 30 educators implicated in the Atlanta Public Schools cheating scandal have resigned or retired from the system, APS interim Superintendent Erro...

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172 Atlanta Educators Face Firings In Cheating Scandal

Posted 09.20.2011

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Just seven educators implicated in the Atlanta cheating scandal met the Wednesday evening deadline imposed by interim superintendent Erroll Davis to r...

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Feds 'Looking At' Cheating In Atlanta

AP | DORIE TURNER | Posted 09.17.2011

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ATLANTA — U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan said Monday he has been in contact with the department's independent investigative arm about test...

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Atlanta Public Schools May Have To Return Nearly $1 Million In Federal Funds

Posted 09.13.2011

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Atlanta Public Schools may have to return $967,022 of federal funds granted for falsely high test scores. All 44 of the Atlanta schools accused of ...

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Six Atlanta Officials Replaced Amid Cheating Scandal

AP | Posted 09.11.2011

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ATLANTA -- The fallout from the Atlanta Public Schools cheating scandal continued to spread as four area superintendents were replaced and a school di...

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Jay Leno's Take On Atlanta Cheating: Kids "Never Going To Learn How To Cheat On Their Own" [VIDEO]

Posted 09.11.2011

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Jay Leno last week offered his two cents on the Atlanta schools cheating scandal in his nightly monologue while discussing the heat wave that swept Lo...

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