As the investigation into a widespread cheating scandal continues to focus on Atlanta public schools, many high-ranking education officials have lost their posts, including one no longer with the school district.
New Superintendent Errol Davis has booted six educators from their positions: four area superintendents and two elementary school principals.
“I will do everything in my power to ensure that anyone implicated in this report will not be back in the classroom,” Davis stated.
A report from the Georgia Governor’s office claims that a large majority of elementary and middle schools in Atlanta contain officials who cheated on student-performance tests, up to 178 educators. The report specifically accuses Beverly Hall, who retired as superintendent of the school district last month, as facilitating an environment that allowed and even encouraged the cheating. The scandal has raised questions and revived a longtime debate about standardized testing, which some educators see as a problematic metric of effective education, even through standardized test scores can often determine funds allocation and which schools are affected by budget cuts.
Amid the recent news, the chairman of the school board, Khaatim El, resigned. Some view El as one of the few innocent officials in the scandal, and one who tried to sound the alarm about the cheating problem last year. During a farewell speech, El chastised officials who “failed to protect thousands of children.”
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2 comments:
This is what happens when install capitalist values into a communist style school system. Its going to take awhile to revamp the system but in 20 years we'll have better education.
"in 20 years we'll have better education"
yeah, I bet
:o)
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