Tuesday, April 14, 2015

Atlanta Educators Sentenced to Prison

Sentencing has begun in the cases of ten Atlanta educators convicted of racketeering in a wide ranging public school cheating scandal.

Prosecutors say the educators participated in a conspiracy to inflate student test scores and give a false sense that struggling schools were improving. 

Prosecutors say the educators’ motive was to protect their jobs or win favor from superiors.

Rachel Silverman has the story.

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