Sentences with phrase «school cheating scandal»

Nowhere have the circumstances and fallout been more disheartening than in the recent Atlanta school cheating scandal.

They've now worked on two films together and are about to begin work on a third about the Atlanta school cheating scandal.

Coogler will probably get first dibs at a Black Panther sequel — though first he's got another film in the works with frequent collaborator Michael B. Jordan, this time about the 2013 Atlanta Public Schools cheating scandal — but beyond that he's already earned a must - watch status from the onset of his career in the mold of Jaws - era Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, and Ridley Scott.

As school cheating scandals continue to make headlines, the need for secure testing measures has never been greater.

It also contributes to a culture of «teaching to the test» that has already resulted in several large - scale public - school cheating scandals.

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Originally intended to insulate the Ivies from the ills of major - college football, such as Army's 1951 cheating scandal, the ban now mainly reflects the Ivy's thinking that play among member schools is all that matters.

The whole system puts unbelievably intense pressure on teachers, resulting in all sorts of unintended consequences like the standardized test cheating scandals, schools cutting into recess, etc. etc..

Cheating has been the subject of many a worried headline, while cheating scandals have hit high schools from Stuyvesant in New York to Clear Lake in Cheating has been the subject of many a worried headline, while cheating scandals have hit high schools from Stuyvesant in New York to Clear Lake in cheating scandals have hit high schools from Stuyvesant in New York to Clear Lake in Houston.

School administrators and teachers will be tempted to cheat, as in the recent scandal in Atlanta, or to narrow their instruction, as mentioned earlier.

And in a week where eight educators were sentenced to up to seven years in prison for their roles in a widespread cheating scandal in the Atlantic Public Schools (APS), what are some of the questions facing educators and policymakers tasked with ensuring student progress?

Over the years I have often been asked to help resolve trouble in schools torn apart by cheating scandals.

These scandals have aroused public concern, but there has been little hard evidence on the extent of cheating by school personnel on the type of tests required by recently enacted accountability legislation.

«The stories of Bernie Madoff, subprime mortgages and the cheating scandals at Harvard and Stuyvesant High School illustrate that cheating is viral and spreads harm beyond the carrier of the virus.»

A jury in Atlanta has found 11 teachers and administrators guilty of racketeering and other felony charges in what investigators found was a massive school test cheating scandal.

A jury in Atlanta has found 11 of 12 defendants in a massive school test cheating scandal guilty of racketeering and other charges.

The education debate changed, too: A cheating scandal in Atlanta public schools in 2009 raised questions about how high - stakes testing was affecting schools.

And not to be outdone, Governor Malloy's Commissioner of Education, Stefan Pryor, told the Courant that the state was discussing what steps to take with Hartford school leaders regarding the cheating scandal.

Nancy Love, current assistant principal at Maxine Silva Health Magnet High School and former assistant principal at Austin High School, is led to the El Paso County Jail early Wednesday morning after surrendering to the FBI in connection with the El Paso Independent School District cheating scandal.

Worse yet, I see a national scandal emerging as teachers and school leaders cheat to help student test results improve.

D.C. is the buzz of the moment, but last year Tennessee faced a similar issue with unearned diplomas, and a couple years before that Atlanta faced a cheating scandal that sent nearly a dozen school administrators to jail.

Meria Joel Carstarphen became superintendent of Atlanta Public Schools (APS) on the heels of a national cheating scandal in which 11 of 12 people in APS were convicted on charges including racketeering, with some serving time in prison.

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Three former Atlanta public school teachers were each ordered to serve seven years in prison for their involvement in one of the nation's largest test - cheating scandals.

Six defendants, including the second principal in the case, pleaded guilty Monday in the Atlanta Public Schools test - cheating scandal.

On the heels of the great cheating scandal of 2009, APS hired a leader of the destroy public education (DPE) movement as schools» chief.

«Under Alonso's leadership, city schools saw growth in test scores, graduation rates and enrollment, but his administration was dogged by fiscal problems and cheating scandals.

Flanner House Elementary — the Indianapolis charter school at the center of a cheating scandal — closes its doors for good Thursday.

The D.C. school system has already had to pay out millions of dollars to teachers illegally fired by Rhee, and once the test score cheating scandals have been resolved, there will be certainly be many more.

(Interestingly, the shoemaker's innovation fund website isn't very current, as its top story is from 2010 and touts the leadership skills of ex-Atlanta Public Schools chief Beverly Hall, who is now embroiled in a cheating scandal that has enveloped her former district.)

One of the most prominent scandals unfolded in Atlanta, where a 10 - month investigation found cheating at close to half of the city's schools.

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The next day came news of a possible cheating scandal at an «alliance» district school in Hartford.

«It's time to call the Bennett school letter grade scandal exactly what it is — cheating,» wrote Teresa Meredith, president of the Indiana State Teachers Association in an op - ed.

The 2010 - 11 school year is witnessing a larger - than - usual upheaval among the ranks of urban superintendents: Ramon Cortines is retiring in Los Angeles next month, Joel Klein quit mid-year in New York City, Michelle Rhee was done after Adrian Fenty's failed re-election bid in the nation's capital last fall, Clifford Janey is out in Newark after his contract wasn't renewed, Ron Huberman stepped down in Chicago last November, Beverly Hall is leaving amidst a cheating scandal in Atlanta, Paul Vallas is moving on from the Big Easy and Jerry Weast is throwing in the towel in Montgomery County, Md..

The people and motives behind the blazes remain unclear, but many suspect students, citing student anger about strict new policies intended to clean up schools after a series of cheating scandals.

Ofqual is calling on schools to submit evidence on the risks and benefits of involving teachers in writing exam papers, following a cheating scandal that rocked several of England's most famous private schools over the summer.

Several teachers and even the president of a school known as the «Harvard of mortuary schools» are implicated in a cheating scandal.