Atlanta Schools

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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Middle School Social Studies Teacher Sees Lessons In Teaching Own Play

AP | By DORIE TURNER | Posted 02.01.2012

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ATLANTA -- Playwright Margaret Edson talks proudly about her Pulitzer Prize and her work appearing on Broadway, but she's the most animated when she d...

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Oklahoma The Latest In National String Of Test Cheating

Posted 03.28.2012

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With mounting pressure from performance benchmarks on standardized tests, an increasing number of cheating scandals are unfolding across the country a...

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WATCH: Ex-Schools Chief Threatens State Official Over 'Gestapo Tactics' Cheating Probe

The Huffington Post | Emmeline Zhao | Posted 03.19.2012

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A former Georgia school superintendent at two districts has been caught on tape bullying and threatening a state education official. The recording was...

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Probe Uncovers Another 'Tragedy' Of Cheating Teachers

Posted 12.21.2011

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State investigators have implicated 49 principals and teachers from a Georgia school district in a four-month probe of cheating allegations against ed...

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Atlanta Students Show Improvement Despite Cheating Scandal

AP/The Huffington Post | By DORIE TURNER | Posted 02.06.2012

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ATLANTA -- Atlanta students are performing better than ever before on national math and reading tests - and they're not cheating to get there, federal...

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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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Federal Standing Revoked For Schools In Massive Cheating Scandal

AP | DORIE TURNER | Posted 01.02.2012

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ATLANTA — Georgia has revoked the federal standing for more than 40 Atlanta elementary and middle schools named in a massive cheating scandal. ...

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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 High Schools Broke Rules To Meet Performance Standards

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution | Alan Judd | Posted 12.24.2011

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A learning disability made school hard for Chantel Cox. But she always stayed on grade level and looked forward to earning a high school diploma. She ...

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LISTEN: Why Teachers Cheat And How To Deal With The Problem

Posted 12.19.2011

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The teacher cheating scandal in Atlanta that was uncovered this year has rocked the country and cast a national spotlight on educators and standardize...

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A Culture of Cheating

Isabelle Taft | Posted 11.22.2011

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Neither my elementary school, Mary Lin, nor my middle school, Inman, were implicated in the cheating report, yet if an alien from Planet X were to visit either one of these schools in early April in any given year, he would probably think that students, teachers, and staff spent all their time worshipping a being called the CRCT with cult-like devotion.

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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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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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The 5 Most Shocking Public School Cheating Scandals

Posted 09.25.2011

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The country's abuzz with the news and subsequent unfolding of the nation's largest-ever public schools cheating scandal in Atlanta, as the scandal has...

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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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What's The Best Approach To Teacher Incentives In U.S. Education?

Posted 09.18.2011

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Atlanta is in the middle of an educational crisis with allegations and reports of widespread cheating across the district's school teachers. Now the t...

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