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Tue., March 12, 2013 7:02am

Principals Rehired After Cheating Probe

An Atlanta television station is reporting that several principals once accused of wrongdoing in Atlanta's school cheating scandal have been quietly rehired. The educators are among 38 principals who were implicated in the cheating scandal last year in a report by state investigators.

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Mon., February 4, 2013 5:01am

Cheating Cases Caught Between Agencies

The Atlanta public school system has purged most of the 178 educators named in a state investigation of cheating. But some of those educators remain caught between two agencies.

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Thu., November 15, 2012 3:31am

Dougherty Schools Chief Out

Joshua Murfree, head of the Dougherty County School System, will leave his post on Dec. 18. Murfree replaced former superintendent Sally Whatley in June 2010 and took over just as a state probe into standardized test cheating began.

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Tue., May 8, 2012 6:39am

Doughtery Schools Ousts 26

The Dougherty County School Board has decided not to renew the contracts of 24 teachers and two principals who were named in Gov. Nathan Deal's report on test cheating concerns.

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Mon., April 23, 2012 5:03am

Some Dougherty Cheaters Face Tribunals

Dougherty County District Attorney Gred Edwards said his office has determined that some of the cheating cases should be handled by the school board's administrative tribunal. He said other cases may be prosecuted in court.

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Tue., April 17, 2012 5:00am

Cheating? Then No Bonus

Gov. Nathan Deal has signed into law legislation that revokes bonuses for Georgia teachers who cheat on standardized tests. Deal signed the bill Monday.

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Thu., March 15, 2012 3:00am

First Cheating Teacher Fired

A panel of educators has voted to fire the first teacher in connection to a massive cheating scandal in Atlanta Public Schools. Former Parks Middle School teacher Damany Lewis confessed Wednesday to cheating four straight years.

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Tue., December 20, 2011 4:42am

Dougherty Schools Cheating 'Disgraceful'

State investigators have uncovered widespread cheating in a second public school district –- this time in Dougherty County in South Georgia. The report follows revelations earlier this year that nearly 200 educators cheated on state tests in Atlanta.

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Wed., November 2, 2011 2:04am

Atlanta Schools Keep Accreditation

Atlanta Public Schools board chairwoman Brenda Muhammad said Tuesday that the 50,000-student district has been taken off probation with the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. The district will be on "accreditation with advisement," which is one step below full accreditation, for the next year.

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Fri., September 16, 2011 6:34am

Cheating Probe Focuses On 11 Albany Schools

Investigators looking into whether cheating took place on standardized tests in the Dougherty County school system say they are beginning to focus their efforts on 11 elementary schools.

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