Aug
17
9:00 AM09:00
One Child Left Behind: The Untold Atlanta Cheating Scandal
One Child Left Behind: The Untold Atlanta Cheating Scandal
9:00AM (1 hr 29 mins) doc
dir. Jodi Gomes
In 2009, 1,176 Atlanta teachers were investigated for test cheating; 35 were indicted, 12 went to trial and 11 were found guilty on RICO charges, which are typically reserved for the mafia and drug lords. The guilty, serving 30-year sentences, finally break their silence in this tell-all, controversial film that takes a closer look at the legislation called No Child Left Behind, the politics behind it, and a race and power struggle that spawned one of the most complex scandals in American history.