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‘Get Them Out of the School’: Tennessee Educators Used Online Courses to Remove Problem Students

Administrators used virtual credit recovery courses to help students deemed problematic graduate without doing the work

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21 May 2024

Two teachers were fired from a Tennessee high school in a board meeting last week over allegations that they changed and interfered with almost 1,500 student grades at the behest of a former principal of the year. Teachers allegedly modified student’s courses so they would not have to learn. A document presented to the board by an Anderson County School official says former Clinton High School principal Dan Jenkins instructed teachers Rachel Jones and Clay Turpin to manipulate online course data in order to improve the district’s graduation rate. A criminal investigation is ongoing.

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https://www.chalkboardnews.com/issues/accountability/article_472bc786-16c9-11ef-865f-9b1e2cde2d06.html