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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it is more plausible that any cheating that took place in DC, took place without Rhee's knowledge .I fault the cheaters and [b]not[/b] Rhee. I also think Rhee had only just begun reform in DC. It will take years and years to undo the mess of DCPS. She made a good start despite push back with her every move.[/quote]

I worked in the system then.  Keep believing the above and I think that you will believe anything.  We knew the cheating was going, but were not allowed to do anything about it.[/quote]

I recall many allusions to knowledge or suspicions of cheating, but no means to actually make accusations.  You'd have to be a fool, not a hero, to make a statement you couldn't prove with first-hand information.

At that point in DCPS history, to say that you didn't think certain kids at certain schools could have possibly improved so much in a year's time was to acknowledge  you were a racist loser who thought that "poor black kids can't learn."

So many people in power were ready to believe in a miracle instead of obvious cheating.  Why was that?[/quote]

Under Fenty, you were absolutely not allowed to do anything against Rhee.  Kerry Briggs, Superientendent at the time, was TERRIFIED OF RHEE!! I am not exaggerating.  If you said a word, you would have been fired.  No one actually involved believed in the miracle of the numbers.  Residents west of the park believed in the miracle of the numbers.  People at OSSE did not.[/quote]

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