APS May Forfeit $1M
(AJC) — Atlanta Public Schools could be forced to pay back more than in $950,000 in federal money earned with falsified test scores, a state official said Wednesday. All 44 schools where state...
View ArticleAPS Board Member Wants Hall to Pay Back Bonuses
(AJC) — Atlanta school board member Courtney English became the first of his colleagues Thursday to call on ex-Superintendent Beverly Hall to return bonus pay she received based on “fraudulent” test...
View ArticleMore Step Down in Face of APS Cheating Scandal
(AJC) — About 30 Atlanta Public School employees implicated in a state cheating scandal have resigned or retired rather than go through termination, and the Fulton County district attorney has been...
View ArticleAPS Plans to Replace Implicated Employees
(AJC) — Atlanta Public Schools employees have begun receiving official notices this week that they have been placed on paid administrative leave after being implicated in an ongoing cheating scandal....
View ArticleImplicated Workers May Cost APS $6M
(AJC) — Atlanta Public Schools will pull $6 million from savings to pay the salaries and benefits of educators named in the state cheating investigation over the next six months. Almost 200 teachers,...
View ArticleFulton DA: No conflict in APS probe
(AJC) — A watchdog group is demanding Fulton County’s top prosecutor step aside from the criminal investigation of the Atlanta Public Schools test cheating scandal. District Attorney Paul Howard’s...
View ArticleFulton Grand Jury Subpoenas APS Records
(AJC) — A Fulton County grand jury has subpoenaed Atlanta Public Schools, seeking among other things the names of all employees paid bonuses for improved student test scores, as well as a list of those...
View ArticleCriminal Charges Sought in Atlanta Cheating Scandal
(Atlanta Journal Constitution) — A sweeping subpoena shows a criminal investigation has begun in earnest involving test tampering at Atlanta public schools and that former Superintendent Beverly Hall...
View ArticleAtlanta Superintendent Addresses Parent Complaints
(AJC) — Erroll Davis,Atlanta Public Schools superintendent, on Tuesday night spoke at another town-hall meeting, fielding parental complaints, though not about the district cheating scandal. The...
View ArticleAPS Wants Funding Restored
(AJC) — Between 1996 and 2001, Atlanta Public Schools raked in more than $82 million from a federal program designed to help schools and libraries get Internet access and maintain their electronic and...
View ArticleAPS Accreditation Decision Approaches
(AJC) — Atlanta school board members say they have made the necessary progress to salvage the district’s accreditation, but this week they have to prove it. A team from the Southern Association of...
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