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Hundreds of Texas Teachers Cheated on Certification Tests – HotAir

How many teachers in Texas public schools cheated on their certification tests? The answer is as many as 400 or possibly even more. The whole scheme was run by a small crew of teachers/administrators operating in Houston





Prosecutors said longtime Booker T. Washington High School boys basketball coach Vincent Grayson led a cheating ring in which people typically paid about $2,500 for help fraudulently obtaining a teacher license. As many as 400 people might have illegally obtained a teacher certification in Texas since 2020 through the cheating ring, which netted the organizers about $1 million, prosecutors said.

The scheme involved conspirators taking and administering tests on behalf of aspiring certified teachers, prosecutors said. Investigators believe the hundreds of participants are spread throughout the state, with some likely still in classrooms….

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