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Thursday, July 7, 2011

Atlanta superintendent and Michelle Rhee– ''cut from the same cloth''

Atlanta superintendent and Michelle Rhee– ''cut from the same cloth''

Atlanta superintendent and Michelle Rhee– ''cut from the same cloth''

Written by Karoli for Crooks & Liars. Read the entire article here.
“Widespread cheating on Atlanta standardized tests? It seems so, and eerily similar to accusations of cheating in Washington DC public schools while under the management of education “reform” darling Michelle Rhee.

Atlanta Journal-Constitution:

Across Atlanta Public Schools, staff worked feverishly in secret to transform testing failures into successes.

Area superintendents silenced whistle-blowers and rewarded subordinates who met academic goals by any means possible.

Superintendent Beverly Hall and her top aides ignored, buried, destroyed or altered