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Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Wade Norris: Education 'Reformer' May Have Been Caught Cheating

Wade Norris: Education 'Reformer' May Have Been Caught Cheating

Wade Norris: Education 'Reformer' May Have Been Caught Cheating

Education 'reformer' Michelle Rhee, the much-touted darling of Arne Duncan and unfortunately our President, is now being investigated for falsifying test records of her students to improve her resume.

Rhee responded to the investigation by saying
""It isn't surprising," Rhee said in a statement Monday, "that the enemies of school reform once again are trying to argue that the Earth is flat and that there is no way test scores could have improved ... unless someone cheated."


Ironic:
In its months-long investigation, which included documents obtained through Freedom of Information Act requests, USA TODAY looked at 103 public schools in the nation's capital where tests showed a pattern of unusually high numbers of answers that had been changed from wrong to right. The improvements in test scores earned Rhee and the school system national attention.