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• 11 former Atlanta educators convicted in cheating scandal
• Atlanta educators convicted of racketeering in test cheating scandal
• Polish priest shows beheading video to high school class

11 former Atlanta educators convicted in cheating scandal Posted: 01 Apr 2015 03:38 PM PDT ATLANTA (AP) — In one of the biggest cheating scandals of its kind in the U.S., 11 former Atlanta public school educators were convicted Wednesday of racketeering for their role in a scheme to inflate students' scores on standardized exams.

Atlanta educators convicted of racketeering in test cheating scandal Posted: 01 Apr 2015 02:54 PM PDT A jury in Atlanta has found 11 of 12 defendants in a massive school test cheating scandal guilty of racketeering and other charges. The verdicts follow a five-month trial that came as the result of an investigation that began in 2011, targeting teachers, test coordinators, and other administrators charged with inflating scores on students' standardized tests.

Polish priest shows beheading video to high school class Posted: 01 Apr 2015 07:54 AM PDT WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A Roman Catholic priest has been criticized in Poland for showing high school students in a religion class the uncensored video of Egyptian Christians being beheaded by Islamic State militants.

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