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Outrages   Search Outrages 9134 in the collection   Shocked, Shocked to Find that Cheating is Going on Here! Sugar Land--The dean of instruction and TAAS coordinator and the principal at George Bush High School have resigned amid allegations that student records were manipulated to improve the school's rating on the TAAS test. District spokeswoman Mary Ann Simpson said the pair would have been fired had they not quit. "We were outraged when we learned of this," Simpson said. — Eric Hanson TAAS Scheme Investigations Leads to School Officials' Resignations Houston Chronicle June 19, 2002 http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/metropolitan/1460603 INDEX OF OUTRAGES Pages: 366    [1] 2 3 4 5 6  Next >>    Last >>

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