11 of the 12 criminals who worked as school teachers in Atlanta have been found guilty of racketeering, and other charges, after being caught changing student test scores to get bonuses.

11 of 12 Black Atlanta Criminal Teachers Found Guilty of Racketeering After Changing Student Test Scores to Receive Bonuses

These dumb-ass, greedy so-called “teachers” didn’t actually teach their students. They just went back and fixed the incorrect answers on their student’s tests, making it look like they actually were good teachers, which they are not.

These criminals are anything but good teachers. They are some of the worst kind of criminals who belong in prison.
I’m sure they will cry “racism” as the reason for the guilty ruling, but racism didn’t have anything to do with it.
Stupidity and greed did though.

It would be great if the students, who obviously aren’t learning anything with these teachers, could go back and file a lawsuit against the criminals or the school district for not providing them the education they should have had.

Eleven of 12 former Atlanta public school educators accused of participating in a conspiracy to cheat on student standardized tests were found guilty Wednesday of racketeering charges.

One former schoolteacher was found not guilty.

The educators on trial were all that remained of 35 people indicted in March 2013 in one of the largest school cheating scandals in U.S. history. “They have made their bed and they are going to have to lie in it,” said Fulton County Superior Court Judge Jerry Baxter after the verdict was read.

The defendants, including former administrators, principals and teachers, were stone-faced as the verdicts were read. The judge ordered educators handcuffed and taken into custody immediately for processing. Several defense attorneys tried to seek bond for their clients, but the judge refused.

The 11 defendants were all convicted under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, or RICO, which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years. Several of the defendants also were convicted on other felonies related to the cheating allegations. The defendants will be sentenced at a later date.

The group of 35 educators who were originally indicted included Beverly Hall, the district’s nationally praised superintendent at the time the cheating occurred. Since the indictments, 21 of those charged made plea agreements and two defendants died of cancer, including Ms. Hall, who died March 2.

In the trial lasting more than five months, the prosecution built its case on the premise that the late Ms. Hall oversaw a vast plot to fix incorrect answers on the state’s Criterion-Referenced Competency Tests, falsely inflating the reputation of the once-lauded urban school system.

Ms. Hall denied any wrongdoing “to her dying breath,” according to her lawyer.

The cheating scandal first came to light in 2009, when the Atlanta Journal-Constitution raised questions about changed answers on standardized tests at many Atlanta public schools. A 2011 report from special investigators appointed by then Gov. Sonny Perdue found that cheating on the tests was rife among teachers and administrators in the schools. The report said the educators were responding to pressure from the administration of Ms. Hall to show marked improvement in students’ scores or face discipline or less pay.

Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard said at a televised news conference after the verdict that the verdict showed prosecutors were right to argue the cheating was an organized conspiracy. “We’ve been fighting for the children in our community, particularly for those children who were deprived by this cheating scandal,” he said.

Keith Adams, attorney for defendant and former elementary school teacher Diane Buckner-Webb, said he felt the conviction was a mistake and he planned to appeal the verdict.

“We accept what the jury had done, but we do not agree with it,” he said.

Outside the courthouse, Dessa Curb, the one defendant found not guilty Wednesday, said she thanked God for her verdict but felt bad for the other defendants, according to a live television feed. Ms. Curb, who taught elementary special education, said she went to trial instead of accepting a plea deal because she felt she couldn’t plead guilty to something she didn’t do. Now retired, Ms. Curb plans to “just go back to my church work and my quiet life,” she said.

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