Dozens of Atlanta public school educators accused of cheating on standardized testing have until Wednesday to resign or be fired, local school officials said on Monday, according to Reuters. The city’s interim school superintendent has given educators a three-day window starting on Monday to resign and avoid termination proceedings that will begin Thursday, Atlanta Public Schools spokesman Keith Bromery told Reuters…
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Atlanta works to root out cheating educators
Just a month before classes start, Atlanta schools officials are trying to determine how many of the 178 teachers and principals accused of cheating are still on the job following a scathing state investigation that found some educators held “changing parties” to correct answers, the Associated Press reports. The yearlong probe revealed the nation’s largest cheating scandal yet on standardized tests, with nearly half of the city’s 100 schools involved, and highlighted the immense pressure put on educators to produce better scores…
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