Eleven of twelve former teachers charged in a massive cheating scandal in Atlanta public schools were convicted of racketeering and other crimes.  More than 20 other city school employees took plea deals.  The scandal involved cheating on standardized tests and was instigated in order to boost the test scores of students in the 500,000-pupil school district. CNN: All 11 were convicted of racketeering, with a mixture of convictions and acquittals on other charges, including making false statements, CNN affiliate WGCL reported. One teacher was acquitted of all charges. Howard told reporters sentencing should happen in the coming weeks. In 2013, a Fulton County grand jury indicted 35 educators from the district, including principals, teachers and testing coordinators. More than 20 former school system employees took a plea deal, WGCL reported. A state review had determined that some cheating had occurred in more than half the district's...(Read Full Post)