Atlanta Public Schools Teachers Cheating Scandal: First Sanctions Announced

Friday, October 14, 2011
ATLANTA -- A Georgia state commission decided Thursday to revoke the teaching licenses of eight teachers and three school administrators in the Atlanta Public Schools, imposing the first sanctions in one of the nation's largest school cheating scandals.
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