tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-789218253576431164.post3377630749844294052..comments2024-02-27T12:17:16.030-05:00Comments on The Shame of Our City: Beware Their Cheating Hearts ...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-789218253576431164.post-63013156510409194062009-06-22T15:27:30.233-04:002009-06-22T15:27:30.233-04:00Carol, Thank you for your outstanding work to illu...Carol, Thank you for your outstanding work to illuminate this serious problem. USDOE imposed very difficult hurdles, with severe consequences for not clearing them, but no one provided the tools or money to enable the schools to clear them. The choice then is to fail or to cheat. Because NCLB was always more political than practical, USDOE did not even have the resources or commitment to monitor actual compliance. That's why they leave it to the states to monitor themselves. All states compete with one another on performance, just as all school districts within a state do. If your rivals are allowed to cheat, you have to either change the rules or join them in cheating. Otherwise, you unfairly appear to be a failure in comparison to them. I would love to see USDOE, VDOE, Va. Bd. Educ. and RPS reaction to your expose. I'm sure there is other cheating going on as well, and hope you will dig it up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com