Investigation into Atlanta Public Schools Cheating Finds Unethical Behavior Across Every Level

Across Atlanta Public Schools, staff worked feverishly in secret to transform testing failures into successes.Special investigators describe an enterprise where unethical — and potentially illegal — behavior pierced every level of the bureaucracy, allowing district staff to reap praise and sometimes bonuses by misleading the children, parents and community they served. Heather Vogell, Atlanta Journal Constitution, July 6, 2011