The Christian Science Monitor – Kate Brumback
“A judge sharply reduced the sentences Thursday for three former Atlanta public school educators who received the harshest prison terms in the trial stemming from the city’s standardized test cheating scandal. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Jerry Baxter reduced sentences for Tamara Cotman, Sharon Davis-Williams and Michael Pitts. Each was given three years in prison and seven on probation. Previously, each was sentenced to seven years in prison and 13 on probation.”(more)