New York Times reporter Sara Mosle looks at an Atlanta principal who’s trying to raise reading and math performance at her high-poverty, nearly all-black elementary school by helping teachers improve their teaching. Atlanta’s cheating scandal is history now. Pressure to raise test scores is as strong as ever, especially at Peyton Forest Elementary, which had earned an F on its state report card. Principal Cynthia Gunner or a reading or math specialist visits each teacher’s cl

Ten years later after the Atlanta cheating scandal broke, “educators continue to fight to clear their names and the district attempts to give extra support to some of the students who were impacted,” reports Corey Mitchell in Education Week. The Atlanta Promise Academy, an effort hatched to find dropouts who were harmed by the cheating and offer them GED classes or job training has failed to get off the ground. In the two years since Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howar

Dual enrollment is worth doing — but do it right, argues Rob Jenkins, who’s been a dual enrollment student, parent and college dean. Increasingly popular dual-enrollment programs let students earn college credits while still in high school. Some take classes on nearby college campuses, but often dual-credit courses are taught in the school by an adjunct professor or by a high school teacher. Matthew Caypless, a dual-enrollment student in Alabama, will complete an associate de