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Sanders, Hank ‘Five Charged in Cheating Scandal That Helped Over 200 “Unqualified” Texas Teachers’ NYT, 30 Oct 2024"More than 200 'unqualified teachers' in Texas were able to get jobs or promotions at schools across the state under a broad scheme in which impersonators were paid to take more than 400 certification exams for them, prosecutors said this week."

"Five people have been charged in the scheme, under which they earned a total of at least $1 million, the Harris County District Attorney’s Office said at a news conference on Monday."

"One of those charged, Vincent Grayson, a basketball coach at Booker T. Washington High School in Houston, Texas, was accused of being the 'kingpin of this scheme,' Kim Ogg, the district attorney in Harris County, said. Mr. Grayson, 57, of Houston, worked to help educators, who usually paid $2,500 to have their certification exams taken by an impersonator at testing centers, Ms. Ogg said."

"'The extent of the scheme will never be fully known,' Ms. Ogg said. 'But we know that at least 400 tests were taken and at least 200 teachers falsely certified.'" ...

"'The fraudulently certified teachers run the gamut,' Mr. Levine said. 'They’re not just in the Houston area. They’re not just in the Dallas area. They are literally littered throughout the state.'" ...
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