Using rackateering charges, educators were taken to court to hold them accountable for the Atlanta Cheating Scandal. The alleged ring leader, Superintendent Beverly Hall, was not among those tried and convicted since she passed away from breast cancer in March. Today, those convicted were sentanced. CNN Link
As a teacher, I was horrified by the systemic cheating even as I could see how the teachers involved became involved. I like to think I would have been one of the good teachers who tried to blow the whistle and got fired for my principled stand.
However, I also understand how the teachers could have felt completely frustrated by how the testing regime was being used to defund their schools and warp the educational environment in their school system.
I have to say that I'm stunned to think about teachers getting 7 years prison time.
I'd be interested in hearing others' thoughts and feelings about this scandal -- students, parents, teachers, and education administrators.