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Pressured to cheat, she did, Atlanta teacher testifies
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution ^
| Monday, Aug. 26, 2013
| Mark Niesse and Bill Rankin
Posted on 08/26/2013 3:02:26 PM PDT by Hotlanta Mike
A former Atlanta third grade teacher tearfully testified Monday that she gave in to pressure from an administrator to cheat on standardized tests.
Stacey Smith, who taught at Usher-Collier Heights Elementary School, said testing coordinator Donald Bullock dropped off test booklets at the end of a day when students had been taking the Criterion-Referenced Competency Test in 2009.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: atlanta; education; public; skools
Atlanta Public Schools scandal...
To: Hotlanta Mike
Unfortunately crying afterwards doesn’t help. Having a backbone when asked (or even ordered) to do the wrong thing would have been so much better
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posted on
08/26/2013 3:09:20 PM PDT
by
Nifster
To: Hotlanta Mike
Pressured to cheat, she did, Atlanta teacher testifies
The Headline is Yoda-riffic!
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posted on
08/26/2013 3:10:38 PM PDT
by
GraceG
To: Hotlanta Mike
The administrator is the one who should be “former” and standing trial.
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posted on
08/26/2013 3:12:54 PM PDT
by
lightman
(Prosecute the heresies; pity the heretics.)
To: Hotlanta Mike
As a retired teacher, I'm DISGUSTED. A professional does not succomb to pressure from an administrator to cheat.
If a teacher can't bring a third grade class up to a passing level, it's time for some serious soul-searching about career choice. JMHO
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posted on
08/26/2013 3:14:52 PM PDT
by
grania
To: GraceG
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posted on
08/26/2013 3:31:07 PM PDT
by
jonno
(Having an opinion is not the same as having the answer...)
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posted on
08/26/2013 3:37:42 PM PDT
by
dsrtsage
(One half of all people have below average IQ. In the US the number is 54%)
To: Hotlanta Mike
please..........it goes on all over the place. that’s how teachers get extra pay...
To: Hotlanta Mike
Basically gave in to peer pressure. Immature. Sounds like a kid whining blaming others for ones own decision.
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posted on
08/26/2013 4:04:37 PM PDT
by
D1X1E
To: dsrtsage
This year Davidson county (Nashville) decided that
50 is the lowest grade given.
That ought to lessen a teachers reason to cheat/sarc
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posted on
08/26/2013 4:07:08 PM PDT
by
Harold Shea
(RVN `70 - `71)
Six days to September!
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posted on
08/26/2013 4:21:40 PM PDT
by
RedMDer
(http://www.dontfundobamacare.com/)
To: Hotlanta Mike
Just following orders wasn’t good enough for Nazi guards and it’s not good enough for any other government employee.
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posted on
08/26/2013 5:09:43 PM PDT
by
freedomfiter2
(Brutal acts of commission and yawning acts of omission both strengthen the hand of the devil.)
To: Hotlanta Mike
In the immortal words of former Atlanta 5th Grade teacher Shayla Smith: "I had to give your kids the answers because they're dumb as hell."
When this suicidal multicultural fantasy finally explodes, it's going to be really ugly...
To: Hotlanta Mike
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posted on
08/26/2013 5:52:55 PM PDT
by
SkyPilot
To: freedomfiter2
Just following orders wasn’t good enough for Nazi guards and it’s not good enough for any other government employee.
Yes...the Nuremberg defense isn't. They should have stood up when it counted...Now they must suffer the consequences...hopefully.
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posted on
08/26/2013 5:59:38 PM PDT
by
rottndog
('Live Free Or Die' Ain't just words on a bumber sticker...or a tagline.)
To: lightman
The administrator is the one who should be “former” and standing trial. Your wish has been granted:
"Donald Bullock: The testing coordinator at Usher-Collier Heights Elementary is charged with racketeering; false statements or writings (3 counts); and false swearing. He arrived at the jail at 6 a.m. Tuesday."
(Photo and text are from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.)
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posted on
08/26/2013 6:55:11 PM PDT
by
TChad
To: TChad
Wwll, I’ll be Obozo’s uncle.
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posted on
08/26/2013 7:02:39 PM PDT
by
lightman
(Prosecute the heresies; pity the heretics.)
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