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Grade and only 12% of the kids held back ever were able to take the test and graduate. they were kicked out with zero tolerance policies. large scales. >> my practitioners are going nuts. >> academics like this is -- >> theyre going nuts. >> actually administer the examination. >> we did interview 100 administrators in that district and teachers who told us how they were excluding kids from school. >> we have a student who is not present on the day of exam, it counts against you. i dont know how...

Scandal, but its not the only one bitten by the cheating bug. one or more cases of cheating were were documented in 37 different states as well as the district of columbia. mord to meet the demands of high stakes testing, teachers and administrators have been moan to -- moan to resort to tactics. shouting out correct answers, leaving the classroom unattended during tests. giving students notes with correct answers. school system may be driven to these lengths because of greed and political gain....

>> eric: hello. im eric boling. and joining us this week is julian epstein and what has him fired up bus first to the teachers and administrators in atlanta accused of inflating standardized test scores to win performance bonuses. some reportedly throwing pizza parties while changing incorrect answers. teachers unions saying the test crazed policies to improve scores. kimberly, blame the teachers that are cheating or blame the testimonies? >> blame the -- tests. >> they are retiring with pension...

And madeleine hsu, and catherine hubbard and chase kowalski and jesse lewis and james mattioli and grace mcdonnell and emilie parker and jack pinto and noah pozner and caroline previdi and jessica rekos and benjamin wheeler and allison wyatt and their siblings and their moms and their dads. >> senator, this has been a good bipartisan day up there in connecticut, hasnt it? in regards to this bill. >> it sure has been. senator mckinney is a good friend and colleague of mine. i sit next to him in t...

Bolton. mr. ambassador, appreciate your time. >> thank you, bill. bill: well watch this. heres martha what is coming up next. >> all right. so heres a question this morning. are supporters losing faith in president obamas health care law and the way that its being carried out? some stunning new criticism from a formerly supportive, very popular columnist who is now saying that the administration has been incompetent on carrying out this plan. bill: also take a close look here. this is a school t...

Grace mcdonnell, and emily parker, and jack pinto and noah pozner and caroline and jessica riccos and benjamin wheeler and allison wyatt and their siblings and their moms and their dads. >> senator, this has been a good bipartisan day up there in connecticut, hasnt it? in regards to this bill. >> it sure has been. senator mckinney is a good friend and colleague of mine. i sit next to him in the state senate. and he read the names of all of the children, the elementary schoolchildren, their teach...

They want to be able to go beyond arming police officers, which school safety experts agree with, that in certain cases you want armed police officers who are specially trained to be in schools. the nra wants to go beyond that and allow faculty, teachers and administrators who want to be armed to be trained to be armed. youve seen the outsourcing of diplomatic security to companies like blackwater overseas with disastrous results. this would be the outsourcing of school security to private secur...

Hubbard and chase kowalski and jesse lewis and james mattioli and grace mcdonnell and emilie parker and jack pinto and noah pozner and caroline previdi and jessica rekos and benjamin wheeler and allison wyatt and their siblings and their moms and their dads. >> senator, this has been a good bipartisan day up there in connecticut, hasnt it? in regards to this bill. >> it sure has been. senator mckinney is a good friend and colleague of mine. i sit next to him in the state senate. and he read the ...

Who did. these educators are fighting real jailtime. the superintendent alone could see up to 45 years in prison if shes convicted. she and her staff say they diddant know teachers are cheating. >> we are looking very forward to sharing the evidence that will clear our names. >> reporter: we met a former teacher who says administrators knew darn well what was going on. >> they knew because we told them. >> reporter: robin grant says she and six teachers were fired when they blew the whistle on t...

Jacksons loved ones. tuesday was a very busy day at fulton county jail all day long. indicted atlanta teachers and administrators showed up one by one. >> one of the last to arrive, the former superintendent beverly hall and faces a $7.5 million bond and decades behind bars. accused of allowing a widespread cheating scandal to go on. steve osunsami reports from atlanta. >> reporter: one by one, implicated atlanta teachers, principals and administrators surrendered at county jail, accused of fa...