https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/07/21/wrong-answer

https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-atlanta-teachers-20150407-story.html

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/04/atlanta-cheating-scandal-117158/

answer the following questions by using the news reports above

1. What were the material conditions of Parks Middle School that pushed Principal Wallace and the teachers of Parks Middle School to the decision of falsifying students' test scores?

• talk about race and racisms, economic and educational disparities caused by anti-Blackness, power and hegemony, and any other relevant reasoning

2. What ethical dilemmas did the Parks Middle School principal and the teachers face when the possibility of their school closing if student test scores did not improve was presented to them by the Superintendent?

• talk about the future possibilities for students, faculty, and staff if the school and the community they formed there was closed

3. Which ethical frameworks did Principal Wallace and the teachers choose when they changed their students' standardized test answers after thinking through the dilemmas presented to them?

4. Which ethical frameworks did the community of supporters and the community of detractors of these educators choose throughout their investigation and court cases?

5. In this case study, what were the benefits of falsifying students' test scores? What were the harms? Do you think cheating can ever be ethically justifiable? Why or why not?