Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Duncan says he's "stunned" by Atlanta cheating scandal

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Duncan says he's "stunned" by Atlanta cheating scandal

Duncan says he's "stunned" by Atlanta cheating scandal

by Mike Klonsky

Arne Duncan's last shred of credibility seems to have vanished after he announced to the press that he was "stunned" by the scope of the Atlanta cheating scandal. As one Tweeter put it, "Stunned Arne? Why? You (and NCLB) caused it "

Duncan seems completely bewildered by the cheating pandemic breaking out most recently in D.C. (Rhee's Erasuregate) Baltimore, and now in Atlanta. At first, he minimizes the problem:

"I think this is very isolated. In Baltimore, there's two schools and they dealt with it. This (Atlanta)