Texas teachers rally at Capitol to protest education cuts
More than 1,000 teachers students and administrators gathered at the Texas Capitol to oppose 5.4 billion dollars in public education cuts and urge lawmakers to restore funding or avoid further cuts next year. Democrats pressed education as a priority while protests referenced STAAR tests and lawsuits spanning over 3 million Texas children.
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Atlanta Journal finds suspicious test scores across many districts
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports widespread patterns of statistically unlikely test-score jumps in hundreds of districts nationwide, though not proof of cheating. In Atlanta, 109 school system scores sparked an investigation into test tampering, with 180 staff implicated in the 50,000-student district.
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