Georgia Schools

Autocorrect Fail Puts Schools On Lockdown

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 03.02.2012

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West Hall middle and high schools in Oakwood, Ga. were put on lockdown Wednesday afternoon -- because of an auto-corrected text message. A smartpho...

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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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Student Sues Georgia School District Over 'Humiliating' Strip Search

AP | GREG BLUESTEIN | Posted 04.16.2012

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ATLANTA — A Georgia middle school student claimed in a lawsuit Wednesday he was humiliated and traumatized when he was brought to a vice princip...

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School District Bans "Zeros" On Assignments

Posted 04.04.2012

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Lowndes County Schools students in Georgia can relax a little -- 3rd through 8th graders can no longer receive zeros on assignments. Under a new po...

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Education Department Seeks Public Input To Prevent Cheating In Schools

AP | Posted 01.20.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The Education Department wants the public's input to develop guidelines to prevent and detect cheating. The effort comes after several c...

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Atlanta To Return Hundreds Of Thousands In Federal Dollars For Cheating

AP | By DORIE TURNER | Posted 01.20.2012

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ATLANTA -- Officials say the school district in Atlanta has agreed to repay more than $363,000 in federal money the district won by teachers and admin...

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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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Slavery Math Worksheet Sparks Parent Protest, District Investigation

Posted 03.11.2012

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Dozens of parents and community members rallied outside a Norcross, Ga. elementary school Tuesday, calling on the school district to fire teachers inv...

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School Under Fire For Slavery In School Worksheet

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 01.08.2012

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Parents of students at Beaver Ridge Elementary School in Norcross, Ga., are outraged at the school district's response to the reports of using example...

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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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First State To Allow Public School Bible Classes Sees Dwindling Enrollment

AP | By DORIE TURNER | Posted 12.26.2011

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ATLANTA -- In 2006, Georgia became the first state to allow Bible education classes in public schools, after much debate over the sticky issue of sepa...

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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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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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Georgia Test Cheating Probe Shifts To Another County

Atlanta Journal Constitution | Nancy Badertscher | Posted 09.19.2011

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ALBANY -- A state investigation into widespread CRCT cheating is shifting from Atlanta to Dougherty County, where the new school superintendent procla...

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Hundreds Protest Georgia Charter School Decision

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 07.18.2011

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Hundreds of Georgia's parents and educators gathered across the state Tuesday to protest a court decision that leaves the fate of state-approved char...

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