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A retired teacher delivered shocking testimony this week in the Atlanta schools cheating scandal, saying that her primary role when she was hired at a struggling elementary school was to erase certain answers on the state academic competency test, according to WTOC 11. The teacher, Lavonia Ferrell, (pictured left) testified Tuesday at the trial of […]

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Extremely high levels of carbon monoxide wafted through Finch Elementary School in Atlanta, Georgia, poisoning 43 children and 10 adults, reports ABC News. According to fire department officials, the odorless, colorless gas leaked from a faulty furnace. After receiving a call early that morning that several students and faculty felt sick, the AFD sent in […]

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APS Executive Directors Sharon Davis Williams, Michael Pitts and Tamara Cotman are all suing Atlanta Public Schools for “violat[ing] state employment laws and breach[ing] job contracts” when they released the findings of the state cheating investigation that has rocked the city. In the lawsuit, they claim that not only have their reputations been ruined, but […]