Is the APS cheating case about race?

African-Americans picket for school integration outside Atlanta Public Schools headquarters on Sept. 19, 1967. CHARLES R. PUGH, JR. / THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION

African-Americans picket for school integration outside Atlanta Public Schools headquarters on Sept. 19, 1967. CHARLES R. PUGH, JR. / THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION

Today, three former Atlanta Public Schools administrators will be re-sentenced for their roles in the cheating scandal that rocked the district.

They are black – as are the 32 other educators indicted for conspiring to falsify students’ test scores. So are virtually all the children whose scores were inflated. So is the district attorney who brought the charges.

So if race is a factor in the case – as many people argue – how did it play out? Read a thought-provoking exploration of this hot-button issue exclusively on MyAJC.com.