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Atlanta Educators Handed Sentences In Cheating Scandal

NPR | By Martha Dalton
Published April 14, 2015 at 3:21 PM CDT

In a fiery sentencing hearing Tuesday, a judge in Atlanta lashed out at some of the 10 former educators convicted in a grade-changing scandal. Prosecutors offered reduced sentences in exchange for apologies, but most of the former educators chose not to do that and received lengthy prison terms.

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Martha Dalton
Martha Dalton is a native of Atlanta, Georgia. She came toWABEin May 2010 after working at CNN Radio.
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