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Cheating Teachers Play the Blame Game
Atlanta's dishonest teachers say the data made them do it.
July 13, 2011A new report finds that Atlanta is chock full of cheating teachers and principals, at least 179 of them in 44 schools. The confessed cheaters blame an over-emphasis on test results and "unreasonable goals" set by the administation. Senior Editor Katherine Mangu-Ward asks whether cheating is inevitable in a high-stakes testing environment and if it's really so unreasonable to demand that fourth graders be able to read, write, and do basic math?
California Provides the Case in Point Against National Curriculum
May 16, 2011, 2:17pmFlorida's School Choice and Accountability Lead to More Gains on 2009 NAEP
March 24, 2010, 7:04pmFederal Education Spending Increased 72 Percent; National Reading Scores Still Flat
March 24, 2010, 12:35pmEducation Lessons Are Lost on Obama
Not every failure occurs in the classroom
March 22, 2010I can't pinpoint the moment when the Obama administration went wrong on the subject of education. But I can pinpoint the moment when it demonstrated that it can't be taken seriously.
No Child Left Behind R.I.P.: A Balloon Payment that will Never Come Due
February 1, 2010, 4:27pmView Resources by Type
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- California Provides the Case in Point Against National Curriculum
Lisa Snell
May 16, 2011, 2:17pm - Florida's School Choice and Accountability Lead to More Gains on 2009 NAEP
Lisa Snell
March 24, 2010, 7:04pm - Federal Education Spending Increased 72 Percent; National Reading Scores Still Flat
Lisa Snell
March 24, 2010, 12:35pm - No Child Left Behind R.I.P.: A Balloon Payment that will Never Come Due
Lisa Snell
February 1, 2010, 4:27pm - Lower Standards in Schools: Preschool Edition
Lisa Snell
October 30, 2009, 3:23pm - Obama Takes the Easy Out: Leaves Thousands of DC Children Behind
Lisa Snell
May 7, 2009, 1:29pm - NCLB is NOT Closing Achievement Gap
Lisa Snell
April 29, 2009, 12:57pm - Seventeen Year Olds Show No Improvement on Nation's Report Card
Lisa Snell
April 29, 2009, 12:02pm - Schoolhouse Crock Part II: Education Stimulus Cash in Exchange for Data
Lisa Snell
April 2, 2009, 12:53pm - Differences Between Obama's Education Speech And His Adminstration's Actions
Lisa Snell
March 18, 2009, 6:30pm - House Democrats Seek to End DC Voucher Program
Lisa Snell
March 3, 2009, 9:11am - Oakland Charter Schools Outperform Other Public Schools in District
Lisa Snell
February 10, 2009, 8:31am
No Child Left Behind Blog
- Cheating Teachers Play the Blame Game (7/13)
- California Provides the Case in Point Against National Curriculum (5/16)
- Florida's School Choice and Accountability Lead to More Gains on 2009 NAEP (3/24)
- Federal Education Spending Increased 72 Percent; National Reading Scores Still Flat (3/24)
- Education Lessons Are Lost on Obama (3/22)
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