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Update: Several schools in APS cheating scandal located in DeKalb

An excerpt from the report.
(Corrected from an earlier version) An investigative report found that cheating occurred in several Atlanta Public Schools located in DeKalb County during the administration of the 2009 Criterion-Referenced Competency Test (CRCT). The repo...

DeKalb County School System administrator suspended

An administrator for DeKalb County Schools is being suspended for 10 days for selling a book he wrote to five schools within the DeKalb system, including one where he previously worked. Former Assistant Superintendent Ralph Simpson agreed to the susp...

New Birth burglary suspect pleads not guilty

Anthony Boyd (left), represented by attorney David Fife (right), pleaded not guilty to burglarizing the office of Bishop Eddie Long last year. Boyd refused a pretrial diversion program in order to fight the charges, Fife said. Photo by Ricky Riley
A former security guard for Bishop Eddie Long’s Lithonia church pleaded not guilty in court June 28 in connection with a June 2010 burglary. Anthony Boyd, who was arraigned on one count of burglary, is ready to fight the charges, his attorney, Davi...