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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 1114922" data-attributes="member: 12952">From Hoaxster own backyard;ATLANTA — The former superintendent of Atlanta Public Schools and&nbsp; nearly three dozen other administrators, teachers, principals and other&nbsp; educators were indicted Friday in one of the nation’s largest cheating&nbsp; scandals.Former Superintendent Beverly Hall faces charges including&nbsp; racketeering, false statements and theft. She retired just days before a&nbsp; state probe was released in 2011 and has previously denied the&nbsp; allegations. The indictment represents the first criminal charges in the&nbsp; investigation.&nbsp;The previous state investigation in 2011 found cheating by nearly 180&nbsp; educators in 44 Atlanta schools. Educators gave answers to students or&nbsp; changed answers on tests after they were turned in, investigators said.&nbsp; Teachers who tried to report it faced retaliation, creating a culture of&nbsp; “fear and intimidation” in the district.The cheating came to light&nbsp; after the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that some scores were&nbsp; statistically improbable.The criminal investigation lasted 21 months,&nbsp; and the allegations date back to 2005. In addition to Hall, 34 people&nbsp; were indicted, including four high-level administrators, six principals&nbsp; and 14 teachers.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 1114922, member: 12952"] From Hoaxster own backyard; ATLANTA — The former superintendent of Atlanta Public Schools and nearly three dozen other administrators, teachers, principals and other educators were indicted Friday in one of the nation’s largest cheating scandals.Former Superintendent Beverly Hall faces charges including racketeering, false statements and theft. She retired just days before a state probe was released in 2011 and has previously denied the allegations. The indictment represents the first criminal charges in the investigation. The previous state investigation in 2011 found cheating by nearly 180 educators in 44 Atlanta schools. Educators gave answers to students or changed answers on tests after they were turned in, investigators said. Teachers who tried to report it faced retaliation, creating a culture of “fear and intimidation” in the district.The cheating came to light after the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that some scores were statistically improbable.The criminal investigation lasted 21 months, and the allegations date back to 2005. In addition to Hall, 34 people were indicted, including four high-level administrators, six principals and 14 teachers. [/QUOTE]

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