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RheeFirst! » Parents await answers on D.C. schools cheating case; at least 12 teachers interviewed

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Parents await answers on D.C. schools cheating case; at least 12 teachers interviewed

Rhee’s replacement says there was no widespread cheating.

Written by Greg Toppo and Marisol Bello for The USA Today. Read the entire article here.
“[but] Robert Wilson, the former DeKalb County, Ga., district attorney who co-led an investigation of Atlanta school tests, said, ‘It did seem that possibly she was laying the groundwork that maybe the results from that investigation won’t be as concrete as some people would like… If you do a really thorough and vigorous investigation … you certainly should be able to come out with some fairly concrete things,’ Wilson said. …

The federal and D.C. inspector generals would not comment.

Nathan Saunders, president of the Washington Teachers Union, said investigators have questioned at least 12