Scandal Haunts Atlanta’s School Chief
Kendrick Brinson for The New York Times
Superintendent Beverly L. Hall interacting with kindergarteners last week at Centennial Place Elementary School in Atlanta.
By SHAILA DEWAN
Published: August 7, 2010
RelatedATLANTA — Early on in Beverly L. Hall’s 11-year tenure as superintendent of Atlanta Public Schools, she figured that the academic gains she intended to make with the city’s mostly poor, black students would face skepticism.
Cheating Inquiry in Atlanta Largely Vindicates Schools(August 3, 2010)
Kendrick Brinson for The New York Times
Superintendent Beverly L. Hall’s success in Atlanta has not insulated her from a scandal of widespread cheating at 12 schools.
“I knew the day would come when people would question, was the progress real?” she said in an interview last week.
So Dr. Hall took a risk, signing up for a trial program to track and compare urban school districts. Since then, Atlanta has made the highest gains in the program in reading and among the highest in math, making it a national model and Dr. Hall a star in the education field.
But that has not insulated her from a cheating scandal that initially threatened to engulf two-thirds of the district’s
Little as They Try, Students Can’t Get a D Here
By WINNIE HU
Michael Appleton for The New York Times
The no-D policy has prompted debate among students and concern among teachers, but parents have applauded it.
Officials in the Mount Olive, N.J., school district adopted a standard allowing only A’s, B’s, C’s and F’s for students.
Scandal Haunts Atlanta’s School Chief
By SHAILA DEWAN
Beverly L. Hall has become a star in the education field, but that has not insulated her from a scandal that threatened to engulf two-thirds of the district’s schools.
For American Students, Life Lessons in the Mideast
By JENNIFER CONLIN
More college students are choosing Arabic-speaking countries for study-abroad programs, to experience the Mideast beyond America’s viewpoints.
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Denver’s budgetary woes were made worse by a complex transaction that went sour in the financial crisis.
