The case against a former Atlanta principal accused of involvement in the district’s cheating scandal has been dismissed by the state agency overseeing educator licensure due to a lack of evidence.
As one of nearly 200 Atlanta Public Schools educators implicated in cheating on the state Criterion-Referenced Competency Tests, former Dunbar Elementary School principal Corliss Davenport was accused of telling teachers to point out incorrect answers to students during testing, according to court records.
Although three former Dunbar teachers were convicted earlier this year on racketeering and other charges connected with cheating, Davenport did not face criminal charges.
But Georgia’s Professional Standards Commission initially found probable cause to revoke her educator certificate.
Davenport appealed that decision and earlier this month Judge Kristin Miller ordered it reversed, according to court records.
“I feel like a weight has been lifted,” Davenport told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Davenport said she plans to return to work in public education, though not necessarily in APS.
“In any career that I have, I find my way back to children,” she said “That’s my calling.”
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