Teachers Convicted of Racketeering (1 Viewer)

[Ditka Butkus]

An epic cheating trial has come to an end, and teachers could go to jail for 20 years

Discuss

http://www.businessinsider.com/atlanta-teachers-convicted-of-racketeering-2015-4

Picture of defendant's

http://videos.usatoday.net/Brightcove2/29906170001/2015/04/29906170001_4148269905001_video-still-for-video-4148154892001.jpg

 

[Parrothead]

that picture is like a dog whistle to Al Sharpton.. here we go

 

[Galileo]

Just keeping pace with the rest of the world... http://www.straitstimes.com/news/asia/south-asia/story/1000-detained-india-over-exam-cheating-police-20150322#xtor=CS1-10

 

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that picture is like a dog whistle to Al Sharpton.. here we go

 

[SacramentoBob]

Picture of defendant's what?

 

[The Big Guy]

If the same efforts went into teaching that went into cheating, the cheating would not be necessary.

 

[SacramentoBob]

Just keeping pace with the rest of the world... http://www.straitstimes.com/news/asia/south-asia/story/1000-detained-india-over-exam-cheating-police-20150322#xtor=CS1-10

Not very subtle in India.

 

[roadkill1292]

Picture of defendant's what?

15 yards and loss of down for superfluous apostrophes!

 

[MaxThreshold]

I doubt they'll even see close to 20 years.

But I do definitely support some jail time. They essentially stole money.

 

[SacramentoBob]

Picture of defendant's what?

15 yards and loss of down for superfluous apostrophes!

If only his teachers hadn't cheated.

 

[Ilov80s]

If the same efforts went into teaching that went into cheating, the cheating would not be necessary.

I don't believe that for a second, but they deserve jail time.

 

[Leviathan]

Just keeping pace with the rest of the world... http://www.straitstimes.com/news/asia/south-asia/story/1000-detained-india-over-exam-cheating-police-20150322#xtor=CS1-10

Not very subtle in India.

Looks like the cover of Physical Graffiti.

 

[KCitons]

It's not like they drove drunk?

 

[Dan Lambskin]

I doubt they'll even see close to 20 years.

But I do definitely support some jail time. They essentially stole money.

More like 15 since they'll get summers off

 

[fatguyinalittlecoat]

But I do definitely support some jail time. They essentially stole money.

Meh, how much did they steal? I don't think the bonuses were their primary motivations. The teachers were clearly being pressured from above to do this.

 

[Ditka Butkus]

Picture of defendant's what?

15 yards and loss of down for superfluous apostrophes!

If only his teachers hadn't cheated.

I bet you get a bulge in your pants when you point out errors.

 

[roadkill1292]

Picture of defendant's what?

15 yards and loss of down for superfluous apostrophes!

If only his teachers hadn't cheated.

I bet you get a bulge in your pants when you point out errors.

We're on a mission from God.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

If the same efforts went into teaching that went into cheating, the cheating would not be necessary.

Not defend these morons but not really.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

I doubt they'll even see close to 20 years.

But I do definitely support some jail time. They essentially stole money.

More like 15 since they'll get summers off

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

That initial article looked at unlikely gains at several schools, including Atherton Elementary School, where nearly 88% of the kids were living in poverty as of 2010. Half of the school's fifth-graders had failed the CRCT in the spring of 2008. The 32 kids were all forced to retake the test. Every single one of them passed, and 26 scored at the highest level, Vogell and Perry wrote.

Freaking masterminds here.

 

[ClownCausedChaos2]

If the same efforts went into teaching that went into cheating, the cheating would not be necessary.

Not defend these morons but not really.

Yoda agrees you with.

 

[saintfool]

But I do definitely support some jail time. They essentially stole money.

Meh, how much did they steal? I don't think the bonuses were their primary motivations. The teachers were clearly being pressured from above to do this.

170+ teachers were originally caught in the scandal. i believe the superintendent as well. the overwhelming majority of the teachers took plea deals. the superintendent died so she didn't go to trial. were the 20 or so remaining actually teachers? could they have been mid-level administrators? regardless, it seems likely by the superintendent's involvement that this was a district administrator mandate.

 

[fatguyinalittlecoat]

But I do definitely support some jail time. They essentially stole money.

Meh, how much did they steal? I don't think the bonuses were their primary motivations. The teachers were clearly being pressured from above to do this.

170+ teachers were originally caught in the scandal. i believe the superintendent as well. the overwhelming majority of the teachers took plea deals. the superintendent died so she didn't go to trial. were the 20 or so remaining actually teachers? could they have been mid-level administrators? regardless, it seems likely by the superintendent's involvement that this was a district administrator mandate.

I believe that they were a mix of teachers and administrators.

 

[DCThunder]

Isn't this where somebody says "It's George W. Bush's fault because he pushed for No Child Left Behind and that is all about TEST...TEST...TEST. Without that, these teachers would all have these students reading Shakespeare and W.E.B. DuBois in 3rd grade, and there would be no need to cheat. Oh yeah, and teachers need to be paid more too!"

 

[Ilov80s]

Isn't this where somebody says "It's George W. Bush's fault because he pushed for No Child Left Behind and that is all about TEST...TEST...TEST. Without that, these teachers would all have these students reading Shakespeare and W.E.B. DuBois in 3rd grade, and there would be no need to cheat. Oh yeah, and teachers need to be paid more too!"

Obviously, it is exactly when someone says it.

 

[Zow]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnqQhUdXgvI

 

[McGarnicle]

11 of 12 convicted? Let me guess...the white lady was acquitted.

 

[The Big Guy]

If the same efforts went into teaching that went into cheating, the cheating would not be necessary.

Not defend these morons but not really.

I agree that any teacher who has to teach in a very low income area is going to have problems, but that is the nature of the job and it needs to be overcome by teachers. More schoolwork and less twerking should be the school motto.

 

[ClownCausedChaos2]

11 of 12 convicted? Let me guess...the white lady was acquitted.

I dunno, but the other 11 know who the rat is.