Cheating Scandals

SAT Officials To Testify At New York Cheating Hearing

AP | FRANK ELTMAN | Posted 12.25.2011

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FARMINGDALE, N.Y. — A security firm run by the former director of the FBI has been retained to review security – and will recommend change...

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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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62 NY Schools Flagged For Cheating Based On Erasure Analysis Once Deemed Too Pricey

The New York Times | Sharon Otterman | Posted 11.26.2011

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Cheating scandals have been rolling up the East Coast like a hurricane this year, from Atlanta to Washington, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. In New Y...

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School: It's Way More Boring Than When You Were There

Salon | Daniel Denvir | Posted 11.15.2011

New studies show that the disappearance of art, music and even recess is having a devastating effect on kids Forty-nine million or so American chil...

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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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More Schools Afflicted By Alleged Teacher Cheating

Posted 11.06.2011

Read More: Green Dot Public Schools, Standardized Test Cheating, Los Angeles Unified School District, Video, Education, Atlanta Cheating Scandal, Cheating Scandals, Crescendo Charter Schools, Standardized Tests, Standardized Testing, Animo Leadership Charter High School, Los Angeles, Teachers Cheating, Short Avenue Elementary School, Los Angeles Schools, Education News

Student test scores from two Los Angeles-area schools have been thrown out based on evidence of cheating by teachers. Three teachers at Short Avenu...

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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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Michelle Rhee Eager For Spotlight, But Not In Cheating Scandal

The New York Times | MICHAEL WINERIP | Posted 10.22.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Why won't Michelle Rhee talk to USA Today? Ms. Rhee, the chancellor of the Washington public schools from 2007 to 2010, is the nation...

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Louisiana Skipped Key Standardized Testing Analysis In 2009-2010, Cites Budget Woes

The Washington Independent | Mikhail Zinshteyn | Posted 10.12.2011

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The Louisiana Department of Education (LDOE) did not conduct an erasure analysis of the state's standardized test scores for the 2009-2010 academic ye...

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Pennsylvania Joins States Facing Widespread School Cheating

The New York Times | MICHAEL WINERIP | Posted 10.01.2011

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PHILADELPHIA -- In April, Dale Mezzacappa attended a panel discussion on cheating sponsored by the Education Writers Association. At the time, she was...

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There Is No Cheating "Crisis"

Alexander Russo | Posted 09.27.2011

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Cheating incidents are like shark sightings and crime reports; they are amplified by the media and are easily influenced by changes in definitions and reporting requirements.

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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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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 Superintendent To Teachers: Quit, Or Get Fired

Posted 09.15.2011

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The 178 educators implicated in the Atlanta Public Schools' cheating investigation received letters in their mailboxes Friday from interim Superintend...

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Atlanta Schools Teacher: District Was "Run Like The Mob"

AP | By DORIE TURNER | Posted 09.15.2011

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ATLANTA -- Teachers spent nights huddled in a back room, erasing wrong answers on students' test sheets and filling in the correct bubbles. At another...

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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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WATCH: Former Atlanta Schools Superintendent: "I Absolutely Knew Nothing"

Posted 09.13.2011

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While on vacation in Hawaii, former Atlanta Public Schools superintendent Beverly Hall told WXIA TV on camera Wednesday that she "absolutely knew noth...

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How School Districts Facing Cheating Allegations Are Moving Forward

Posted 09.12.2011

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Three year-round elementary schools opened for classes in Atlanta today without problems, the Atlanta Journal Constitution reports. Two of the thre...

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Atlanta Schools Superintendent: Effort To Save Schools 'Is Now Mine'

The Atlanta Journal Constitution | Laura Diamond and Kristina Torres | Posted 09.09.2011

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Erroll Davis knew he had a mess on his hands when he agreed to temporarily lead the beleaguered Atlanta Public Schools. How big of a mess, however, on...

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WATCH: Arne Duncan 'Stunned' By Atlanta Cheating Scandal

Posted 09.06.2011

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In a video interview Wednesday with 11Alive News, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said he was "stunned" when he learned of the teacher cheatin...

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Eminem: On the Forefront of Public Relations

Tim Mihalsky | Posted 05.25.2011

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Every PR practitioner needs to take some advice from Eminem. Eminem's honesty leaves no room for the media to question him or TMZ the opportunity to have an exclusive on what drugs he did.

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Famous Cheaters: Which Scandal Was Most Shocking? (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011

Tiger Woods is the latest celebrity to prove that riches and fame do not a monogamous marriage make. Which of these scandals did you see coming, and w...

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Famous Cheaters: Who Was Most Shocking? (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011

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Tiger Woods is the latest adulterer to prove that riches and fame do not a happy marriage make. Which of these cheating scandals did you see coming an...

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