Wednesday, September 21, 2011

LA school's cheating prompts new policy for charter group | California Watch

LA school's cheating prompts new policy for charter group | California Watch:

LA school's cheating prompts new policy for charter group

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All Green Dot charter schools will implement stricter test security procedures in response to the recent disclosure of teacher cheating at one of its Los Angeles-area schools, a district official said.

Fred Navarro, superintendent of the Lennox School District, said Green Dot officials announced last week that the new policy will require all teachers at each of its schools to return testing materials to a secured room within a strict time frame after the exams are over. Representatives of the charter school firm updated Lennox school