Now we know why the public schools in Atlanta always think conservatives are robing them. It's because they are judging conservatives by their own standards.
I recall reading that APS (Atlanta Public Schools)a while back, through background test, found out a lot of the teachers and staff had fake and/or forged degrees and high school diplomas. Apparently this may still be the case and explain why this is happening.
No child left behind. So, cheat to make sure you got a job. Great idea, W. and Kennedy.
Why is this news? Most districts cheat. The current set up means they have to. The students know that they will be allowed to pass, or the school will loose its funding. The parents don’t care.
Let the schools flunk kids.
Wah Wah, it’s not our fault we cheated. If you are going to demand accountability and link tests to funding, you make us cheat. So next time just send lots of loot. Uh huh, sure.
Freakonomics had a chapter on this very issue, and how to detect it.
Will she be forced to pay it back and give back her "Superintendent of the year" award?
I thought that the most amazing thing about the story was the row of pictures with the story on the front page of the paper today:
http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/pop_up.asp?fpVname=GA_AJC&ref_pge=map&tfp_map=USA
The public watched public school teachers in Wisconsin lie about being sick and abandon their classrooms to protest an elected governor do what he had campaigned to do.
Now, we see the ends to which Atlanta public school teachers are willing to go to make themselves look good. And these are only two very recent incidents that received nationwide attention.
How long will it be before we, as a society, become so disenchanted with the public education system that we do what’s needed to be done for 50+ years? The state should not be connected to education. As in so many other sectors, getting the state out of the education business will improve its quality, lower its cost, and again make it workable, valuable and the envy of the world.
I recall reading about the county south of ATL, I think it was Jones(?) lost is accreditation back in 2006 which caused a big stink and helped accelerate the real estate decline there due to people moving to other counties so their kids could get into college.
Is the cheating more prominent in this county than other ATL counties?
I do not like No Child Left Behind. The only positive part of the bill is the requirement for standardized testing forcing teacher accountability. Of course that is the very section that the Obama administration is trying to eliminate at the bequest of the teachers’ union.
One of the teacher’s unions chiefs said the reason for the cheating was that standardized testing required by No Child Left Behind put undue pressure on teachers to teach to the test rather than “educate” the children.This pressure caused them to cheat. Therefore standardized testing should be eliminated.
This is analagous to a drunk driver defensively saying that the reason he drank before he drove is because driving his car made him nervous.The union would place blame on the car rather than the driver.Perhaps, we should outlaw cars.
The mistake was in allowing Atlanta teachers to proctor tests that would determine their own job security. The solution would be to bus in proctors from outside Atlanta on test day. You don’t need to be a teacher to proctor a test. You just need to be able to observe students, keep order, and check IDs.
I see the PLANTATION owners are doing what they do best...(keeping their charges ON THE PLANTATION!)
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Their cheating resulted in the successful theft of funds from Georgia. If found guilty of stealing from the State, they should be jailed.
This isn't a joke.
Michael Hinojosa is the new Cobb County School District Superintendent. His 6 years as Dallas ISD Superintendent (2005-2011) were marked by one scandal after another. The incompetent, corrupt, and dishonest Hinojosa is a good match to be the head of a school district in Atlanta.
Is she racist?
Wouldn't a White superintendent in the same circumstances be called racist?
This looks like a conspiracy...how about enforcing the RICO Act?
MORE than ten years ago, a friend of my husband was telling us how this was happening in Dallas schools.
Lots of schools have been doing this for years.
Let’s just move along here, folks. These people are Eric “My People” Holder’s people we’re talking about here. They won’t be prosecuted or lose their jobs.