Sentence examples for school cheating from inspiring English sources

The Atlanta case is one of the largest school cheating scandals in US history.

ATLANTA — The first Atlanta school administrator to face trial in the largest school cheating scandal in the country was found not guilty on Friday.

The school cheating scandal in Atlanta that led to criminal indictments against dozens of teachers, principals and administrators last month contains at least three lessons for states that are developing teacher evaluation systems.

In the context of a fiery debate, the Atlanta school cheating scandal, the largest in recent history, detonates like a bomb, fueling critics who say that standardized testing as a way to measure student achievement should be scaled back.

In the fall of 2010, Ms. Parks, a third-grade teacher at Venetian Hills Elementary School in southwest Atlanta, agreed to become Witness No. 1 for Mr. Hyde, in what would develop into the most widespread public school cheating scandal in memory.

One month after Atlanta was rocked by revelations of a widespread school cheating scandal — nearly 200 teachers and principals admitted to tampering with standardized tests to raise students' scores — Ms. Alford and her Toomer colleagues are bracing for some much more difficult questions from students this year, and a test of their own.

The request from state attorneys general, who have been called "the people's lawyers" because of their role protecting consumers, stems from a provision in federal law that allows borrowers with federal student loans to formally apply for their debts to be forgiven if their school cheated them into taking on the debt.

The headline in a recent Newsday article was "36 confirmed cases of LI schools cheating on state tests over past decade".

In some schools, cheating is considered the norm, and it seems like so many kids are doing it that you might as well join in.

Because fewer and fewer people accept that premise, when schools cheat, when they pay players and ignore drug use and allow stars to flout the rules, the reaction that follows exposés is often focused on the system and not the malfeasance it created.

In the past, the Education Department has fought efforts by aggrieved former students who claim their schools cheated them.