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WEDNESDAY CONVERSATION: ATLANTA PUBLIC SCHOOLS

By Maureen Downey
March 3, 2015

Former Atlanta Public Schools Superintendent Beverly Hall’s death Monday from breast cancer leaves many unresolved questions about the APS cheating scandal and her role in it. I discuss some of those questions today. Readers give their view of Dr. Hall’s legacy and the APS cheating scandal, and we share the conclusions of the sweeping 2010 state probe ordered by then Gov. Sonny Perdue.

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Maureen Downey has written editorials and opinion pieces about local, state and federal education policy since the 1990s.

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