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bluestateguy

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27. I think they should get probation

Reply to CatWoman (Original post)

Wed Apr 1, 2015, 11:44 PM

Apr 2015

I can't condone what they did, but it is a predictable outcome given politicians obsession with standardized testing.

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So now we are jailing teachers [View all] CatWoman Apr 2015 OP

if they committed fraud Man from Pickens Apr 2015 #1

ha! marym625 Apr 2015 #7

Mostly black teachers, I couldn't help but notice. 99th_Monkey Apr 2015 #2

One black teacher was found not guilty. 840high Apr 2015 #35

RICO is not just reserved for mobsters Major Nikon Apr 2015 #3

God damn the RICO act marym625 Apr 2015 #4

thank you Mary CatWoman Apr 2015 #5

I forgot to K&R marym625 Apr 2015 #6

it's crazy caraher Apr 2015 #10

I agree. they wouldn't be. marym625 Apr 2015 #13

+1 appalachiablue Apr 2015 #26

btw.. marym625 Apr 2015 #33

good point caraher Apr 2015 #42

We jail teachers all the time when/if they are convited of crimes. Child molestation, drunk driving kelly1mm Apr 2015 #8

Personal gain my ass. ND-Dem Apr 2015 #11

Dd you not read the OP? $5000 bonues is not personal gain to you? From the OP: kelly1mm Apr 2015 #14

i read it. i also read other stories about it, and the background. more than half the teachers in ND-Dem Apr 2015 #17

This is not a tabloid 840high Apr 2015 #36

the daily mail is a british tabloid. that's the link that's in the OP. if atlanta is your town, ND-Dem Apr 2015 #37

I most certainly did - BBC has coverage 840high Apr 2015 #40

They cheated and lined their pockets. 840high Apr 2015 #15

But up to 20 years? caraher Apr 2015 #12

The length of incarceration is a different question than should they be incarcerated at all. I kelly1mm Apr 2015 #16

some people will believe any garbage that fits with their preexisting biases. ND-Dem Apr 2015 #18

Whilst simultaneously rationalizing fraud as part and parcel of a noble endeavor. LanternWaste Apr 2015 #47

This is the rotten fruit of "education reform," putting teachers and administrators ND-Dem Apr 2015 #9

I don't know as anyone 'planned' for teachers to cheat on these stupid tests. I think certain malign KingCharlemagne Apr 2015 #21

of course they did. when you construct impossible tests that *all* students must pass or the ND-Dem Apr 2015 #24

It's an interesting theory you posit, but do you have any evidence for it? Or is it KingCharlemagne Apr 2015 #31

+1 F4lconF16 Apr 2015 #43

I'll Buy the First Part RobinA Apr 2015 #49

One black mother just said on Tv that 840high Apr 2015 #19

Oh, puh-leeze. No Child Left Behind was and is a crime against the children. Its perps KingCharlemagne Apr 2015 #22

Tell that to the mothers on TV. Another 840high Apr 2015 #29

I'm not 'defending crooks' either, merely pointing out who the real criminals are (the architects KingCharlemagne Apr 2015 #32

I am not defending it. 840high Apr 2015 #34

The elite's priviledged progeny are the future 'leaders' who'll be running the country, God help us- appalachiablue Apr 2015 #30

We all know that none of them will get 20 years. NaturalHigh Apr 2015 #20

Rod Paige was the Sec of Education under George W. Bush guillaumeb Apr 2015 #23

+100. Ditto Michele Rhee and a host of others. Including a raft of now closed charter ND-Dem Apr 2015 #25

plus Jeb Bush was heavily invested in school testing guillaumeb Apr 2015 #28

and his little brother, Mr. Neil "(Cash) Cow" Bush. ND-Dem Apr 2015 #41

+1 nt F4lconF16 Apr 2015 #38

Thank you for that link, very interesting. betsuni Apr 2015 #39

rod Paige is a white male? Doctor_J Apr 2015 #44

and I get yours guillaumeb Apr 2015 #50

IOKIYAR, as always. eppur_se_muova Apr 2015 #46

I think they should get probation bluestateguy Apr 2015 #27

Of course we are. This was all preordained in NCLB. Orsino Apr 2015 #45

Thanks for telling us. Trillo Apr 2015 #48

Inevitable get the red out Apr 2015 #51

First of all 20 years would be nuts dsc Apr 2015 #52

The pressure starts at the Department of education and by the time it trickles mfcorey1 Apr 2015 #53