http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2011/sep/08/principal-suspended-in-2009-for-tampering/?partner=popular
After reading this I was thoroughly disgusted with Memphis City schools and the way things are run in Memphis.
SERIOUSLY?! Booker T washington school/ Memphis City schools are "turning things around" ??? Cheaters will never win. The comments on this amaze me how people think its an issue of race and try to justify it. Obviously the future educators will not be great for your school- you're giving them fake diplomas! Kiner believes that by doing this she is helping the students get their diplomas, when in all reality she is setting them up to fail at life. Kiner then complains about being singled out with MCS principals changing scores. Well yea you were singled out, you just had the President of America come visit your school for the very things that you were forging. Yea maybe the "kids" deserved to see the President, but I am sure that there was another school just here in Memphis that actually deserved it and didn't fudge documents.
Austin,
ReplyDeleteI appreciate the way you are digging into the news and offering your own argument on the issue. This story did not surprise me. In an era of high-stakes testing, such scandals are prevalent across the country, most recently in Atlanta and Washington, D.C. Kiner holds responsibility in the matter as do district officials who were most likely not unaware of the cheating. We have become so focused on test scores that we no longer know if, when, and what our children are learning.
Jessica Swan