A former principal convicted in the Atlanta Public Schools’ cheating scandal will be spared from prison after a Fulton County judge agreed Tuesday to lighten the sentence he imposed seven years ago. Dana Evans, the former principal of Dobbs Elementary School, was sentenced to one year in prison and four years of probation in 2015…
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Atlanta Public Schools Cheating Trial News
Atlanta schools racketeering case spurs national debate
On April 1, 2015 a jury returned a guilty verdict for 11 of 12 defendants charged with conspiracy to commit racketeering in the Atlanta Public School cheating case. The jury sat through a 7 month trial, the longest criminal trial in Georgia history. The judge immediately ordered that the convicted educators be handcuffed and taken…
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Rubin Interviewed on NPR About Jury Selection in Atlanta Public School Cheating Trial
Here is an excerpt from the interview: Earlier this year in Atlanta, 600 prospective jurors were summoned for the high-profile trial of 12 public school teachers and principals accused of correcting students’ answers on standardized tests. Even then, defense attorney Bob Rubin challenged the pool because he said it underrepresented African-Americans. “All of the defendants…
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Judge rejects defense claim that APS jury tainted
Fulton County Judge Jerry Baxter denied defense attorneys’ motion that challenged the racial makeup of the jury pool in the Atlanta Public Schools cheating scandal trial. Defense Attorney Bob Rubin filed a motion last month requesting the hearing. He claimed that African-Americans are underrepresented in the pool of potential jurors who received summons in the…
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Rubin Interviewed About Beverly Hall, APS Trial
Attorney, Bob Rubin, speaks with WSB TV about former Atlanta Public School Superintendent, Beverly Hall, her illness, and the effect of Hall’s possible absence from the APS Cheating Scandal Trial, set to begin August 11, 2014 in Fulton County Superior Court.
Rubin challenges jury pool in Atlanta Public Schools trial
Source: “Jury pool challenged at Atlanta Public Schools trial,” by Bill Rankin, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, August 21, 2014. Defense lawyers are challenging the pool of prospective jurors for the Atlanta Public Schools test-cheating trial, saying a hearing is needed to find out why African-Americans are so underrepresented. The challenge is based on the racial composition of…
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Rubin and principal prepare for Atlanta Public School Trial
Atlanta Public School principal Dana Evans and attorney Bob Rubin interviewed on WSB TV regarding their preparations for trial.
Rubin defending two principals in Atlanta Public School cheating indictment
NBC News 11 Alive reporter Keith Whitney interviewed attorney Bob Rubin who is defending APS pricipals Willie Davenport and Dana Evans.
Rubin Defends Principal in CRCT Cheating Scandal
Bob Rubin and co-counsel Michael Kramer are defending Dr. Tonya Saunders in her upcoming hearing before the Atlanta Public School Tribunal on August 30th. Rubin and Kramer are defending numerous principals in the so-called “CRCT cheating scandal.” Dr. Saunders’s is the first of these principals to have her case heard by the tribunal.
APS Principals Deny Cheating
Atlanta principals say test monitors prevented cheating Two principals of Atlanta schools that saw unusual gains on statewide tests this spring said cheating couldn’t have occurred because state test monitors were present. The monitors were stationed at the schools, West Manor and White elementary schools, because they had been flagged in a state analysis of erasures…
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