Former Atlanta Schools Chief: 'I Can't Make You Cheat'
In her first official television interview since investigators uncovered one of the largest cheating scandals in public school history, former Atlanta...
In her first official television interview since investigators uncovered one of the largest cheating scandals in public school history, former Atlanta...
Posted 11.08.2011
Former Atlanta Public Schools Superintendent Beverly Hall says she "can't accept that there is a culture of cheating" among Atlanta schools. She made ...
Education Week | Beverly Hall | Posted 10.10.2011
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...
John Merrow | Posted 10.03.2011
In this age of accountability, testing is punitive. That's the bottom line, and that's what must be addressed, but we can't abandon testing or accountability.
Posted 09.25.2011
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...
Posted 09.13.2011
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 ...
Posted 09.13.2011
While on vacation in Hawaii, former Atlanta Public Schools superintendent Beverly Hall told WXIA TV on camera Wednesday that she "absolutely knew noth...
John Thompson | Posted 09.11.2011
It is a result of the situational ethics of today's accountability hawks. The end, of helping poor children, is used to justify disgusting means -- the intimidation of adults to the point where some break under the pressure.
John Merrow | Posted 09.11.2011
Madeleine Albright said a special place in Hell was set aside for successful women who refused to help other women succeed. An even hotter spot should be reserved for those who knowingly cheat children out of a decent education and lie to them about their achievements.
Richard Lee Colvin | Posted 09.07.2011
Atlanta's cheating scandal encourages the mindset that Beverly Hall spent her entire career in urban schools trying to change -- that poor kids really can't be expected to learn and succeed.
HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 09.04.2011
NEW YORK -- Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal announced Tuesday that widespread cheating inflated Atlanta Public Schools' 2009 state standardized tests scores....
Posted 01.28.2012