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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Clearly the racial politics in Atlanta are very different (for the worse). The images of all of the African American teachers and administrators being jailed by white law enforcement say it all, IMHO. [/quote]
Gimme me a break. I am sure there was extensive investigations in Atlanta before there were any arrests. I do not think this is about race :roll: [/quote]
Ok, so for the sake of argument, let's say Rhee didn't know about the cheating upfront.

So why was she so eager to believe that the scores could have improved so drastically?  The teachers of these star students, were, after all,part of  the deadwood she had vowed to get rid of.  This was all before IMPACT, remember -- these teachers had not been rated as effective by her own system.  They weren't TFA stars - just regular DCPS hangers-on.

If she believed for a second that the kids had actually improved dramatically, why didn't she ever visit the school to witness the reading progress herself -- congratulate the kids for reading at grade level after being so behind? Wouldn't she be proud of them and happy for them?  Why no debriefing with the teachers to determine their magical teaching methods that could be used at other schools to close the achievement gap, as she promised her reform would do?

What about when the scores dropped precipitously  the following year -- where was the remedial help for those kids?  Nowhere - because they were just an embarrassment to cover up.

Why was the principal at Noyes,  Wayne Ryan, promoted when the scores went up, then "disappeared" when the cheating accusations surfaced?

He had gone from hero to embarrassment.[/quote]

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