re: EBR schools audit- 'troubling' discrepancies in district's academic record

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Well, parents of Baton Rouge should be happy......if your kids are real winners who skip school and never spends time on their lessons, you can always get their grades changed.

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Ringleader in Memphis teacher test-taking scandal sentenced to 7 years in prison

Over the course of 15 years or more, the former assistant principal and guidance counselor who was sentenced Monday to seven years in prison made up to $200,000 by offering struggling teachers hope for a price.

“He’d always say it costs to be ignorant,” said Devin Rutherford, who acknowledged he was paid “a couple hundred bucks” around the year 2004 to take two or three tests for other teachers at Sherwood Middle School.

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Federal prosecutors in a widening teacher test-taking scam said Friday they have entered into diversion agreements with 16 defendants, including at least a half-dozen former Memphis high school football or basketball coaches.

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18 year old McKinzey Sewell says his desperation to earn a high school diploma and play high school basketball cost his team a shot at the state championship.
Memphis City Schools accused the 6'6" player of forging his transcript, after he obtained a GED in Louisiana.

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