Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Reporters are still on the beat

Dallas district keeps ex-APS deputy on paid leave
If they're reading the Governor's report, they're going to see her name come up. A lot.
APS plans to replace implicated employees
Named educators have begun to receive their termination notices.
New jumps in test scores put some Atlanta schools on the radar
That is to say, they are, again, reporting unlikely upward fluctuation in CRCT scores.
Atlanta principals say test monitors prevented cheating
"But those tests were proctored!" Yeah, well, so were the others.
Davis optimistic in spite of APS' ‘Perfect Storm'
What would we expect him to say? "It's hopeless, better send the students to the closest Fulton or Dekalb County schools"?
By 'perfect storm,' he means that the CRCT scandal, bad as it is, isn't the only thing on his plate. He's also dealing with a gigantic budget shortfall, possible loss of accreditation, sanctions from the state attorney general for violations of open meeting/public records laws, and a threat from the state Board of Education to just fire the whole APS board and start over.

I'm sure they're all longing for the days when the biggest problem they had was mystery meat in the school cafeteria.

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