Posted on 04/03/2015 8:43:07 AM PDT by jonefab
ATLANTA Eleven former Atlanta public school educators were convicted Wednesday of racketeering for their role in a wide-ranging conspiracy to inflate scores on students’ standardized tests.
One of those convicted was Tamara Cotman, a former upper-level administrator for Wichita schools.
Only one teacher was acquitted of all charges. The 11 convicted represented teachers, testing coordinators and other administrators who were accused of participating in the conspiracy dating to 2005, motivated by pressure to meet federal and local standards to receive bonuses or keep their jobs in the Atlanta Public Schools district of about 50,000 students.
A state investigation in 2011 found that educators gave answers to students or changed answers on tests after they were turned in. Evidence of cheating was found in 44 schools with nearly 180 educators involved, and investigators found teachers who tried to report it faced retaliation.
Read more here: http://www.kansas.com/news/nation-world/national/article17127839.html#storylink=cpy
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Didn’t even need to look at the picture
And the kids are unemployable, because...??
Now here’a judge I can get behind.
From the article:
Defense attorneys argued those convicted should remain free until sentencing because they don’t have prior records, have community ties and showed up to trial every day. However, only one was allowed to remain free on bond – teacher Shani Robinson – because she is expecting to give birth soon.
“They are convicted felons as far as I’m concerned,” said Fulton County Superior Court Judge Jerry Baxter.
“They have made their bed and they’re going to have to lie in it.”
Obama will Pardon ,LOL
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