DeKalb’s Eugene Walker intends to pass hat to pay for continued legal fight...
With the unanimous vote of the newly reconstituted DeKalb school board this week, any suspended board members who want to fight their ouster were set adrift. They now have to front their own legal...
View ArticleHere is the list of people indicted today in APS cheating scandal
The indictments handed down in the last hour by a Fulton County Grand Jury cite RICO conspiracy and individual acts including false swearings, theft by taking and influencing witnesses. In the...
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Alfie Kohn on APS cheating scandal: ‘What if we gave a test and nobody came?’
I interviewed education advocate and writer Alfie Kohn a while back. You can read the 2011 interview here. The APS cheating scandal was in the news at the time, and Kohn told me: The real cheating...
View ArticleA ‘kissing cousin’ of segregated proms: segregated high school reunions. Are...
A reader of the segregated prom blog sent me a note about something that DeKalb school chief Michael Thurmond referenced in a recent speech, racially segregated class reunions. Thurmond said that his...
View ArticleTurning Premier DeKalb into a reality: What the school board needs to consider
Jennifer Hatfield is a longtime DeKalb resident, a graduate of DeKalb schools, a former DeKalb teacher and the parent of two DeKalb students. She is a vocal community advocate in the area of education....
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Emory faculty vote on Jim Wagner starting today. Can he still lead Emory or...
Emory President Jim Wagner (Emory) Faculty members in the College of Arts and Sciences at Emory University begin voting today on whether they still trust in the ability of embattled President James...
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Did Michelle Rhee ignore her own cheating scandal? A new memo suggests clear...
Michelle Rhee speaking to Georgia lawmakers last year. (AJC Photo) PBS education reporter John Merrow writes about the erasure analyses, clear evidence of cheating and concealment of that evidence. No,...
View ArticleAtlanta’s grades on ‘Nation’s Report Card’ at odds with CRCT cheating scandal
Marshall S. Smith is a former under-secretary in the U. S. Department of Education. Nominated by President Bill Clinton, he served from 1993 to 2000. Prior to his appointment as Under Secretary, Smith...
View ArticleNew calls to probe cheating allegations in Washington under Rhee
PBS’s John Merrow recently revealed a 2009 confidential memo pointing out troubling test answer erasures in Washington, D.C., schools, which were led at the time by Michelle Rhee, now the head of the...
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Boston tragedy: A picture that says 1,000 words and inspires thousands more...
This 8-year-old boy is one of the victims of the Boston Marathon attacks. His name is Martin William Richard. His mother and sister were also seriously injured. Many people, including the folks at the...
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