In the end, Atlanta's teachers and principals were cheating only themselves. After a 10-month probe revealed that educators inflated student scores on state tests, even erasing and correcting answers, Atlanta public-schools superintendent Erroll Davis gave 178 Implicated employees an ultimatum: resign or be fired. As of July 19, only four had stepped down, and the process may continue for months as targeted teachers and administrators undergo hearings. One state legislator wants to strip cheating teachers of any bonuses they received, while schools may have to forfeit nearly ; million in federal money that fudged test scores helped them earn.
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