dozens named & unnamed, Atlanta, Georgia [cheating scandal]

Atlanta teachers jailed for up to 7 years over test cheating

A group of former teachers and school administrators in Atlanta, Georgia have been jailed for up to seven years for their involvement in a test cheating scandal. 35 education officials have been charged after a long-running investigation into widespread ...

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-32313995

 

8 Atlanta educators sentenced to prison in school cheating scandal

“None of these teachers have ever been charged with anything in their life. And this is what their life comes to? Jail! In this country?” The cheating scandal was the worst in the nation’s history, and raised questions about high-stakes testing in ...

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http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-atlanta-teachers-sentence-deal-20150414-story.html

 

Atlanta's cheating teachers are not mobsters: Column

The Atlanta teachers are now the latest victims of overcriminalization. They were charged under a law that had nothing to do with their actions. For years, the educators quietly changed students' answers on the Georgia Criterion-Referenced Competency Test ...

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http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2015/04/20/atlanta-teachers-cheating-tests-overcriminalization-column/25952505/

 

Atlanta > Convicted Teachers to be Re-Sentenced

Eleven of 12 former educators charged in the cheating case, accused of changing standardized test scores, were found guilty on Tuesday, April 14. Ten of the 11 convicted educators were immediately taken to the Fulton County Jail. The following day ...

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http://valdostatoday.com/2015/04/atlanta-convicted-teachers-to-be-re-sentenced/

 

3 ex-educators in cheating scandal to be resentenced

Johnson, AP) The was the first case of its kind in the nation where educators were charged, then eventually convicted ... 11 were convicted April 1. One former teacher, Desa Curb, was acquitted. The defendants had been accused of falsifying test results ...

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http://www.firstcoastnews.com/story/news/nation/2015/04/22/atlanta-educators-resentenced/26168821/

 

Teachers are not mobsters

Last Tuesday, eight Atlanta Public Schools employees were sentenced to prison in one of the largest school cheating scandals in U.S. history. But you wouldn’t know they were cheaters based on how they were treated in court. The educators were convicted of racketeering — a felony typically reserved for mob bosses, drug kingpins and terrorists. The teachers are the latest victims of overcriminalization. They were charged under a law that had nothing to do with their actions. For years, the educators quietly changed students’ answers on the Georgia Criterion-Referenced Competency Test to boost scores. This was certainly wrong — and ...

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http://www.thecalifornian.com/story/opinion/2015/04/23/teachers-mobsters/26247317/

 

Final teacher in APS cheating scandal sentenced to 5 years in prison

Hall was charged with racketeering, making false statements and writings, theft by taking, and false swearing. Students and APS employees told investigators that some teachers provided answers to questions and that others corrected wrong answers on tests.

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http://www.wtoc.com/story/29931713/final-teacher-in-aps-cheating-scandal-to-be-sentenced

 

Mother of infant, last APS teacher to be sentenced, gets year in prison

Judge Jerry Baxter sentenced former elementary school teacher Shani Robinson ... The offer was that she would spend a year on house arrest instead of in prison. Eleven former educators were convicted April 1 of racketeering and other felonies.

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http://www.ajc.com/news/news/crime-law/mother-of-infant-last-aps-teacher-to-be-sentenced-/nnWM5/

 

Judge sentences final APS educator convicted in cheating scandal

Shani Robinson Teacher, Dunbar Elementary. Charged with violation of Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act and making false statements and writings. DA offers APS defendants deals to keep them out of prison Sponsored Links ATLANTA — A judge ...

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http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/local/judge-sentences-final-aps-educator-convicted-cheat/nnWN5/

 

APS teacher re-hired after cheating scandal

You know the story well. Eleven educators arrested, tried and convicted on racketeering charges stemming from an elaborate plot to help teachers meet the demands of the no child left behind act. To do so, they changed student's answers on state-administered standardized tests. Now, CBS46 has discovered that one of the teachers involved in that scandal is back in the classroom. This time with more violations on her record. Her name is Idalina Couto. In 2012, Atlanta Public Schools fired her, after the GBI said she admitted to telling students to re-read questions with wrong answers or rewording questions students ...

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http://www.cbs46.com/story/37708634/aps-teacher-re-hired-after-cheating-scandal

 

APS teacher fired in cheating scandal, rehired

You know the story well. Eleven educators arrested, tried and convicted on racketeering charges stemming from an elaborate plot to help teachers meet the demands of the no child left behind act. To do so, they changed student's answers on state ...

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http://www.cbs46.com/story/37708634/aps-teacher-fired-in-cheating-scandal-rehired

 

Atlanta Educators Convicted in Cheating Scandal Prepare for Prison

Two former Atlanta Public Schools educators, convicted in the district's test cheating scandal in 2015, will now be heading to prison after exhausting the appeals of their 2015 convictions. They will be the first to begin serving their prison sentences, out of the 11 teachers and administrators convicted of a conspiracy to boost student scores on state standardized tests. The latest turn in this long-running case comes after the U.S. Supreme Court earlier this week declined to hear an appeal filed by Tamara Cotman and Angela Williamson. Cotman was a regional administrator and Williamson taught 4th grade at Dobbs Elementary ...

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http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/District_Dossier/2018/10/atlanta_educators_convicted_in.html

 

Atlanta school cheating scandal: The untold story of corporate greed and criminalization of teachers

Transcript This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org, The War and Peace Report. I’m Amy Goodman, with Juan González. JUAN GONZÁLEZ: Well, we turn now to the fight for public education, as the teachers’ strike in Denver heads into its third day. District and union negotiators worked late into the night Tuesday on a potential agreement, including a base salary of $45,800 a year for educators. That would be a $2,500 boost from their expected pay for 2019-’20 school year. But the Denver Classroom Teachers Association is ...

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https://www.alternet.org/2019/02/at...porate-greed-and-criminalization-of-teachers/

 

Former Teacher Blames Education Policymakers For Atlanta Cheating Scandal

In 2015, a verdict was delivered on the cheating scandal in Atlanta Public Schools. A 2011 Georgia state report found unethical behavior in the school system, including teachers and principals changing wrong answers on standardized tests. Two years later, a grand jury indicted the Atlanta school superintendent and 34 other educators. Some agreed to lesser charges; 12 eventually went to trial, and all but one of them were found guilty of racketeering in 2015 — a felony charge often used to prosecute the mafia. Shani Robinson was one of those found guilty, but has continued to maintain her innocence. In ...

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http://www.capradio.org/news/npr/story?storyid=695344751




Former Teacher Blames Education Policymakers For Atlanta Cheating Scandal

And so we believe that, you know, winning the freedom of Atlanta teachers will be a win for educators everywhere ... Why were the educators in Atlanta charged with racketeering when this was happening ...

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https://www.npr.org/2019/02/16/6953...ion-policymakers-for-atlanta-cheating-scandal




Former Teacher Blames Education Policymakers For Atlanta Cheating Scandal

And so we believe that, you know, winning the freedom of Atlanta teachers will be a win for educators everywhere ... Why were the educators in Atlanta charged with racketeering when this was happening ...

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https://www.opb.org/news/article/np...on-policymakers-for-atlanta-cheating-scandal/




Former Teacher Blames Education Policymakers For Atlanta Cheating Scandal

And so we believe that, you know, winning the freedom of Atlanta teachers will be a win for educators everywhere ... Why were the educators in Atlanta charged with racketeering when this was happening ...

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https://wbhm.org/npr_story_post/201...on-policymakers-for-atlanta-cheating-scandal/

 

Former Teacher Blames Education Policymakers For Atlanta Cheating Scandal

Prosecutors charged that teachers and administrators conspired to change incorrect answers to inflate scores on high-stakes standardized tests. A grand jury indicted the Atlanta school superintendent ...

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http://www.weku.fm/post/former-teacher-blames-education-policymakers-atlanta-cheating-scandal

 

None of the Above: The Untold Story of the Atlanta Public Schools Cheating Scandal, Corporate Greed, and the Criminalization of Educators

Conversely, multiple APS educators were charged with a RICO statute and sentenced to serve up to 20 years in jail. Similar to Stewart’s ridicule, None of the Above details Georgia’s histrionic, ...

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http://www.tcrecord.org/Content.asp?ContentID=22746

 

Former Teacher in Atlanta Cheating Case Gets Out of Prison Early

Teachers and administrators changed students’ answers on ... and she can’t leave the state or change her residence without permission. Williamson may be arrested if she violates any of the conditions. ...

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https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2019/06/25/former-teacher-in-atlanta-cheating-case-gets.html