2 Atlanta educators step down; 176 others also face ultimatum

[The Northerner]

Atlanta (CNN) -- Two Atlanta Public Schools educators stepped down on Monday after being issued an ultimatum last week to quit or be fired.

One resigned in person and another went into retirement, said Keith Bromery, director of media relations for the school system.

They were among 178 Atlanta Public Schools employees, including 38 principals, whose jobs are on the line after allegedly being involved in a widespread standardized-test cheating scandal that has caught the attention of federal officials.

"We've been in conversation with the inspector general about these cheating scandals and I believe they are looking at them," U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said on Monday.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/07/18/georgia.atlanta.schools.cheating/