Standardized test cheating scandal spreads to California schools
By Ben Velderman EAGnews.org SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The standardized test cheating scandal has spread to California. The Los Angeles Times reports that the state test scores of 23 California schools...
View ArticleRhee says teachers should embrace and learn from standardized tests
By Ben Velderman EAGnews.org SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The presidential election is only days away, but StudentsFirst Founder Michelle Rhee is holding out hope that President Barack Obama and GOP nominee...
View ArticleVirginia teachers react to new evaluations with threats to cheat
By Steve Gunn EAGnews.org FALLS CHURCH, Va. – The teachers of the Fairfax County school district have been given a new challenge to improve their classroom performance. At least some of them are...
View ArticleGrand jury indicts former Atlanta superintendent in cheating scandal
By Steve Gunn EAGnews.org ATLANTA – Thirty-five Atlanta educators were indicted Friday by a Fulton County grand jury for their alleged roles in the city’s public school cheating scandal. Among them was...
View ArticleAFT President Randi Weingarten blames Atlanta cheating scandal on...
By Ben Velderman EAGnews.org ATLANTA – It’s been said that everything a person really needs to know in life, he or she learned it in kindergarten. If that’s true, it would explain where...
View ArticleTwo Philadelphia principals resign over their roles in cheating scandal
By Ashleigh Costello EAGnews.org PHILADELPHIA – Two principals from the Philadelphia school district have resigned from their positions and forfeited their administrative credentials following an...
View ArticleSome activists claim racism is behind the punishment of Atlanta teachers
By Ben Velderman EAGnews.org ATLANTA – The standardized-test cheating scandal that continues to rock Atlanta Public Schools is turning into quite a soap opera. Earlier this week, American Federation...
View ArticleUnions offer nothing but blame, excuses in wake of test cheating scandals
From news service reports LOS ANGELES – As unions do their best to seize on the teacher test cheating scandals as a way to end testing, even the Los Angeles Times points out all they’re doing is...
View ArticleCalifornia schools in trouble with state because teachers helped students...
TORRANCE, Calif. – Several California schools will lose their state rating, making them ineligible for state recognition, because some of their teachers were caught helping students on standardized...
View ArticleWill Pennsylvania school authorities allow educators to get away with...
HARRISBURG, Pa. – Pennsylvania education officials won’t discuss the results of a statewide investigation of educators accused of cheating on standardized student tests, but at this point very little...
View ArticleSix former Atlanta school employees plead guilty in cheating scandal,...
ATLANTA – Six former Atlanta Public Schools employees – four teachers, a principal and a secretary – pleaded guilty on Monday to participating in the district’s test-cheating scandal. Those six join...
View ArticleNearly 140 educators have been implicated in Philly schools cheating scandal
PHILADELPHIA – Dozens of Philadelphia school employees allegedly involved in a school cheating scheme could soon face termination after officials launched multiple investigations into questionable...
View ArticleColumnist: Philly public schools are cheating students out of a quality...
PHILADELPHIA – The Philadelphia Federation of Teachers is blaming the recent Philadelphia test cheating scandal on the pressure of standardized tests. Philadelphia school superintendent William Hite,...
View ArticleSouth Carolina teacher accused of helping students cheat on state tests
JAMES ISLAND, S.C. – South Carolina charter school teacher Rachel Tisdale will be trading in the classroom for the courtroom after state investigators recently charged the 33-year-old with helping her...
View ArticlePhilly elementary principal, four teachers arrested in school test cheating...
PHILADELPHIA – Five Philadelphia educators were arrested Thursday and charged with numerous crimes as part of an ongoing school cheating investigation, though all will continue to collect their pay as...
View ArticleWith high stakes testing, Philly cheating scandal is just one of many
PHILADELPHIA — As the stakes get higher for testing performance with federal and state mandates, a systemic culture of cheating is growing, both in Pennsylvania and across the nation. Pennsylvania...
View ArticlePhiladelphia cheating scandal just one of many
PHILADELPHIA — As the stakes get higher for testing performance with federal and state mandates, a systemic culture of cheating is growing, both in Pennsylvania and across the nation. In May,...
View ArticleUnions offer nothing but blame, excuses in wake of test cheating scandals
From news service reports LOS ANGELES – As unions do their best to seize on the teacher test cheating scandals as a way to end testing, even the Los Angeles Times points out all they’re doing is...
View ArticleCalifornia schools in trouble with state because teachers helped students...
TORRANCE, Calif. – Several California schools will lose their state rating, making them ineligible for state recognition, because some of their teachers were caught helping students on standardized...
View ArticleWill Pennsylvania school authorities allow educators to get away with...
HARRISBURG, Pa. – Pennsylvania education officials won’t discuss the results of a statewide investigation of educators accused of cheating on standardized student tests, but at this point very little...
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