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Monday, April 1, 2013

A Middle Fish Messed with the Tests in Atlanta | JD2718

A Middle Fish Messed with the Tests in Atlanta | JD2718:


A Middle Fish Messed with the Tests in Atlanta

The smallfry and minnows were the teachers and students. And bigger than those, but still near the bottom: principals. Which makes former Atlanta Superintendent Beverly Hall definitely a “Middle Fish”  What of the big fish?  The national figures who promote this crud?  And the sharks – the hedge fund guys and corporations who make profit off denying kids quality education?
Most of the thoughts I’ve had on the Atlanta testing scandal, others have already had them. I shall quote liberally:
Definitely read Fred Klonsky’s: The culture that created the Atlanta cheating scandal.
The title says most of it. He reprints his