Our schools hard at work cheating for personal gain.

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So here we have a web of lies from the Superintendent on down. Another reason for competition to be introduced via vouchers~



ATLANTA -- Former Atlanta schools Superintendent Beverly Hall knew about cheating allegations on standardized tests but either ignored them or tried to hide them, according to a state investigation.

An 800-page report released Tuesday to The Associated Press by Gov. Nathan Deal's office through an open records request shows several educators reported cheating in their schools. But the report says Hall, who won the national Superintendent of the Year award in 2009, and other administrators ignored those reports and sometimes retaliated against the whistleblowers.

The yearlong investigation shows educators at nearly four dozen Atlanta elementary and middle schools cheated on standardized tests by helping students or changing the answers once exams were handed in.

The investigators also found a "culture of fear, intimidation and retaliation" in the school district over the cheating allegations, which led to educators lying about the cheating or destroying documents to cover it up, according to the report. School officials had "warnings" as early as 2005 that there was cheating on standardized tests, but those signals were ignored, according to the report.

At one elementary school, four educators gathered at a colleague's home in Douglas County one weekend to have a "changing party" using answer sheets provided by a school official, the report states.

Teachers who admitted to investigators they cheated said they were under immense pressure to raise test scores, the investigators wrote. One elementary school principal forced a teacher to crawl under a table during a faculty meeting because that teacher's test scores were low, according to the report.

"Dr. Hall and her administration emphasized test results and public praise to the exclusion of integrity and ethics," the report states. "Dr. Hall either knew or should have known cheating and other misconduct was occurring in the APS system."

Hall's attorney, Richard Deane, denied the report's allegations.

"Dr. Hall steadfastly denies that she, her staff, or the vast majority of APS teaching and administrative professionals knew or should have known of any allegedly widespread cheating," Deane wrote in a statement. "She further denies any other allegations of knowing and deliberate wrongdoing on her part or on the part of her senior staff, whether during the course of the investigation or before the investigation began."

The results of the investigation are being forwarded to prosecutors, and many of the cases could lead to criminal charges, Gov. Deal said.

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A day after special investigators released a report with a scathing assessment of Hall's tenure, the ex-superintendent said there was no direct evidence to show she knew widespread cheating on the Criterion-Referenced Competency Tests had occurred. Hall is out of town on a pre-arranged trip, according to her attorney, Richard Deane. The New York Times reported that Hall left for Hawaii on Tuesday, the same day the investigative report was released by Gov. Nathan Deal.

The voluminous report found that 178 educators, including 38 principals, had participated in cheating. The report also concluded that Hall knew or should have known that cheating was occurring and that Hall and her top aides ignored, buried, destroyed or altered complaints about misconduct and claimed ignorance of wrongdoing.
 
Ice Dancer said:
So here we have a web of lies from the Superintendent on down. Another reason for competition to be introduced via vouchers~

ATLANTA -- Former Atlanta schools Superintendent Beverly Hall knew about cheating allegations on standardized tests but either ignored them or tried to hide them, according to a state investigation.

An 800-page report released Tuesday to The Associated Press by Gov. Nathan Deal's office through an open records request shows several educators reported cheating in their schools. But the report says Hall, who won the national Superintendent of the Year award in 2009, and other administrators ignored those reports and sometimes retaliated against the whistleblowers.

The yearlong investigation shows educators at nearly four dozen Atlanta elementary and middle schools cheated on standardized tests by helping students or changing the answers once exams were handed in.

The investigators also found a "culture of fear, intimidation and retaliation" in the school district over the cheating allegations, which led to educators lying about the cheating or destroying documents to cover it up, according to the report. School officials had "warnings" as early as 2005 that there was cheating on standardized tests, but those signals were ignored, according to the report.

At one elementary school, four educators gathered at a colleague's home in Douglas County one weekend to have a "changing party" using answer sheets provided by a school official, the report states.

Teachers who admitted to investigators they cheated said they were under immense pressure to raise test scores, the investigators wrote. One elementary school principal forced a teacher to crawl under a table during a faculty meeting because that teacher's test scores were low, according to the report.

"Dr. Hall and her administration emphasized test results and public praise to the exclusion of integrity and ethics," the report states. "Dr. Hall either knew or should have known cheating and other misconduct was occurring in the APS system."

Hall's attorney, Richard Deane, denied the report's allegations.

"Dr. Hall steadfastly denies that she, her staff, or the vast majority of APS teaching and administrative professionals knew or should have known of any allegedly widespread cheating," Deane wrote in a statement. "She further denies any other allegations of knowing and deliberate wrongdoing on her part or on the part of her senior staff, whether during the course of the investigation or before the investigation began."

The results of the investigation are being forwarded to prosecutors, and many of the cases could lead to criminal charges, Gov. Deal said.

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"The yearlong investigation shows educators at nearly four dozen Atlanta elementary and middle schools cheated on standardized tests by helping students or changing the answers once exams were handed in."

I never had teachers who changed my wrong answers. :crybaby:

And what's with, "One elementary school principal forced a teacher to crawl under a table during a faculty meeting because that teacher's test scores were low, according to the report."

That is bizarre!
 
apple0154 said:

"The yearlong investigation shows educators at nearly four dozen Atlanta elementary and middle schools cheated on standardized tests by helping students or changing the answers once exams were handed in."

I never had teachers who changed my wrong answers. :crybaby:

And what's with, "One elementary school principal forced a teacher to crawl under a table during a faculty meeting because that teacher's test scores were low, according to the report."

That is bizarre!
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It is apparently a decade long corruption from the superintendent that involved 178 educators, including 38 principals...btw this superintendent won superintendent of the year...her bio
 
Bump for the "more funding for education" crowd. If only we paid these teachers more!!

Bump for the union slugs and the people who think cheaters like these teachers deserve extra special protection so they can't be fired.

This is the tip of the iceberg. Anyone who thinks this is an isolated incident is delusional. It would not be suprising to hear about hundreds of school systems doing this
 
tinfoil said:
Bump for the "more funding for education" crowd. If only we paid these teachers more!!

Bump for the union slugs and the people who think cheaters like these teachers deserve extra special protection so they can't be fired.

This is the tip of the iceberg. Anyone who thinks this is an isolated incident is delusional. It would not be suprising to hear about hundreds of school systems doing this
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(Excerpt from article) One elementary school principal forced a teacher to crawl under a table during a faculty meeting because that teacher's test scores were low, according to the report.(End)

It sounds like extra union protection is exactly what is needed! Who the hell would climb under a table to be humiliated like that if they had adequate union protection?
 
apple0154 said:
(Excerpt from article) One elementary school principal forced a teacher to crawl under a table during a faculty meeting because that teacher's test scores were low, according to the report.(End)

It sounds like extra union protection is exactly what is needed! Who the hell would climb under a table to be humiliated like that if they had adequate union protection?
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There seem to be some rather unpleasant similarities between this and the Murdoch phone hacking scandal in the UK.
In each the 'ruler' of an organisation is intent on producing results and is just not interested in how the results are obtained.
The problem is not crooked teachers (usually - I'm not saying all teachers are paragons of virtue) it is heads and principals (don't know what you call them) who are either determined to improve the status of their school or are forced to get results by their paymasters.
We have OFSTED in the UK and a good 'mark' from them means kudos for the school which, in turn, can affect grants and overall area management. In HK where most schools need paying pupils and cannot afford to lose them it is not so much exam cheating thet is the problem, rather inaccurate end of term report writing.
'Little Dennis (the little bastard who picks his nose and sleeps at his desk) is destined for great things. He is a pleasure to teach, etc etc ad nauseam.'
So when you are up against the wall and your job/school is on the line it becomes a wagon circling exercise.
Free education for all in schools that are well funded and professionally staffed would remove the requirement to cheat.
A socialist education policy is the only way to secure a safe future in which pupils emerge with the abilities society requires. (In the US case, that means being able to read the jobs vacant columns!)
 
apple0154 said:
(Excerpt from article) One elementary school principal forced a teacher to crawl under a table during a faculty meeting because that teacher's test scores were low, according to the report.(End)

It sounds like extra union protection is exactly what is needed! Who the hell would climb under a table to be humiliated like that if they had adequate union protection?
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The district, like any other, has the full spread of protections, including tenure protections. And, as usual, the entire point flies right over your big mommy government head. The education system is more and more all about meeting standardized test score requirements set by the federal government. It's not about learning any more, it's about test taking. The manner in which school districts nation wide are finding themselves in a shortfall can also, in part, be traced to the expenses of administering, tracking, and analyzing federally mandated test scores. The pressures brought by the federal government to meet their standards, using measurement devices mandated by the federal government, is a HUGE reason we see these kinds of things going on. It has NOTHING to do with your precious fucking unions. It DOES have to do with leadership using any means necessary, including outright cheating, to give themselves honor while the students suffer.
 
apple0154 said:
(Excerpt from article) One elementary school principal forced a teacher to crawl under a table during a faculty meeting because that teacher's test scores were low, according to the report.(End)

It sounds like extra union protection is exactly what is needed! Who the hell would climb under a table to be humiliated like that if they had adequate union protection?
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The unions exists for the purpose of fundraising, and obviously that purpose would not have been served by getting involved there.
 
apple0154 said:
(Excerpt from article) One elementary school principal forced a teacher to crawl under a table during a faculty meeting because that teacher's test scores were low, according to the report.(End)

It sounds like extra union protection is exactly what is needed! Who the hell would climb under a table to be humiliated like that if they had adequate union protection?
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Unions protected the boss
 
David St. Hubbins said:
If you establish a system that encourages cheating, people will cheat.
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Are you kidding? This was systematic corruption. We didn't establish the cheating system. The teachers and government people made this happen. We have no choice but to trust them. They betrayed the trust
 
tinfoil said:
Are you kidding? This was systematic corruption. We didn't establish the cheating system. The teachers and government people made this happen. We have no choice but to trust them. They betrayed the trust
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NCLB set up a system whereby test scores determine school funding. Schools in turn set up systems whereby test scores determine teacher and administrator salaries, bonuses and promotions. Where student test scores are the only things that matter, people will cheat to achieve high student test scores. I'm not defending it and I think it's a goddamed disgrace, a tragedy and a betrayal to the students, their parents and the public, but it shouldn't be surprising that this happens.
 
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