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Ranked. The Atlanta Public Schools cheating scandal was an inspiration for Ranked, a musical about academic pressure in school. Kyle Holmes (book) and David Taylor Gomes (music & lyrics) cite the scandal as one of their main inspirations for a storyline that featured adults cheating on behalf of students. [21]
In 2013, 35 Atlanta Public Schools educators were indicted for racketeering in the Atlanta Public Schools cheating scandal. This led to an eight-month trial, the longest criminal trial in Georgia's history, in which 11 of the 12 defendants who went to trial were convicted, with the rest pleading guilty. [3] [5] [12] [13]
City University of New York (MA) Fordham University (EdD) Beverly La-Forte Hall (née Clare; July 7, 1946 – March 2, 2015) was a Jamaican-American education administrator. [1] She worked as the superintendent of schools in Queens, New York; Newark, New Jersey; and Atlanta, Georgia. [2][3]
The district said no one was available for an interview Friday evening. Hundreds of DeKalb County teachers and staff say they haven’t been paid since they started working about a month ago. The ...
Prekindergarten teachers also would get a $2,500 raise. State and university employees also would get a 4% pay increase, up to $70,000 in salary. The typical state employee makes $50,400.
The state of Georgia launched a major investigation as cheating concerns intensified. The investigation's report, published in July 2011, found evidence of a widespread cheating scandal. At least 178 teachers and principals at 44 APS schools were alleged to have corrected students' tests to increase scores, in some cases holding "cheating ...
The four victims of the latest mass shooting at a U.S. school were two teenage students and two teachers. Christian Angulo and Mason Schermerhorn, both 14, were killed Wednesday at Apalachee High ...
Georgia State University College of Law ( JD) Occupation (s) Lawyer, prosecutor. Linda Jeanne Dunikoski is an American lawyer and prosecutor who serves as a senior assistant district attorney in Cobb County, Georgia. She was a prosecutor of the Atlanta Public Schools cheating scandal in 2014–2015 and the murder of Ahmaud Arbery in 2021.