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Broward woman wore disguises and took teaching exams for several educators, state says
NBC Miami ^ | 6/26/26 | Marissa Bagg

Posted on 06/28/2026 8:13:38 AM PDT by CFW

A Fort Lauderdale woman is behind bars, accused of taking statewide teacher exams for several educators, Florida's attorney general announced Thursday.

Kashaundra Knowles, 37, who runs a tutoring business, had been taking the exams in person for other people for $1,000 per test over the last two years, according to the Florida Office of Statewide Prosecution. Three of those teachers who hired her are from the Broward County Public Schools district.

“She fraudulently took tests for other people, and now there are teachers here in Broward County that have no business being in the classroom," Attorney General James Uthmeier said. "They did not get their proper certifications; they have cheated, and they will pay for it."

Knowles allegedly took exams for a teacher at Westglades Middle School in Parkland and a teacher assistant at Parkway Middle School in Fort Lauderdale, state investigators said.

She allegedly went to great lengths to disguise herself to look like her customers, changing her hair, clothes and makeup to match the person for whom she was testing. In at least one case, Knowles even dressed as a man to take an elementary education exam, investigators said.

(Excerpt) Read more at nbcmiami.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: corruption; florida; fraud; racism; teachers
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Fraud and corruption everywhere. Except, of course, in elections. Those are the most secure processes ever! Ever, I say!
1 posted on 06/28/2026 8:13:38 AM PDT by CFW
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“Knowles is charged with organized scheme to defraud.

The state also alleged she took exams for at least eight people statewide, and the tests were taken in South Florida. Knowles also allegedly took the GED and nursing exams for other people.”


2 posted on 06/28/2026 8:14:27 AM PDT by CFW
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Knowles even dressed as a man to take an elementary education exam

Sounds as if a Florida man needs to be investigated for more than just test fraud.

3 posted on 06/28/2026 8:21:40 AM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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No pic? Asking for Yogi.


4 posted on 06/28/2026 8:25:13 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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Was the “man’s” previous job dressing as a woman and reading stories to children in the school at Drag Queen Story Hours?


5 posted on 06/28/2026 8:28:18 AM PDT by MIchaelTArchangel
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To: DIRTYSECRET

Yes, it’s them.


6 posted on 06/28/2026 8:30:06 AM PDT by HombreSecreto (The life of a repo man is always intense)
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After prison she might make an excellent elections worker.../sarcasm


7 posted on 06/28/2026 8:36:36 AM PDT by mdmathis6 (A horrible historic indictment: Biden Democrats plunging us into Ukraine wars to hide their crimes!)
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Kashaundra...........


8 posted on 06/28/2026 8:38:58 AM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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If Kashaundra wasn’t wearing white face for the test, it should be easier to find the black perv who cheated to be an elementary school teacher. How many are there?


9 posted on 06/28/2026 8:39:33 AM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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“Kashaundra”…another Amish…


10 posted on 06/28/2026 8:40:41 AM PDT by astounded (The democrat party is a clear and present danger to the USA)
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I’m so ashamed to have participated. I paid her to take a DNA test for me


11 posted on 06/28/2026 8:42:16 AM PDT by j.havenfarm (25 years on Free Republic, 12/10/25! More than 12,750 replies and still not shutting up!)
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I’m really torn by this. On one hand, I want to see her going to prison for a long time.

But on the other hand, I want her to teach disguise techniques at the CIA headquarters.
Perhaps she could work alongside this guy.


12 posted on 06/28/2026 8:43:06 AM PDT by Leaning Right
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“Kashaundra” passed the the Teachers Exam for others?

Not sure what’s worse.
That fraud was committed.
Or that a Teachers Test test was so easy Kashaundra could pass it.


13 posted on 06/28/2026 8:46:17 AM PDT by Macoozie (Roll MAGA, roll!)
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Any relation to Beyonce Knowles?

14 posted on 06/28/2026 8:50:21 AM PDT by simpson96
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Holy cow, did NBC leave a lot out.

Much more here...

https://www.sun-sentinel.com/2026/06/27/south-florida-woman-accused-of-taking-teacher-licensing-exams-for-others-in-cheating-scheme/

Ties in with nursing certification, too...


15 posted on 06/28/2026 8:53:05 AM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away! 🇺🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿)
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“Kashaundra” sounds like a sneeze.


16 posted on 06/28/2026 8:58:11 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the revolution.)
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17 posted on 06/28/2026 9:03:56 AM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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“Kashaundra” tells me everything I need to know


18 posted on 06/28/2026 9:06:20 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America....so great even the people that hate it won't leave!)
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A $1,000 is all? Should be worth at least $10,000-$20,000.


19 posted on 06/28/2026 9:10:27 AM PDT by alternatives?
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One of the people for whom she took the test was something like a … exceptional student facilitator. This person couldn’t even pass the basic test to be a teacher and yet she is working with either the really bright or the really needy children. It’s time to all the special programs, use computers to follow the students and see how they do year over year with various teachers

If a teacher consistently teaches kids that, for example, make 0.7 years progress in their class, when the year before they made an average of 1.2 years, the teacher who is failing the students needs counseling to be a better teacher or to leave the profession.


20 posted on 06/28/2026 9:21:38 AM PDT by Freee-dame (The left never dreamed that Trump would be back in the White House in 2025. )
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