Bronx teachers: Principal ordered inflation of special ed grades
June 5th, 2009From the New York Daily News:
Teachers at the prestigious Eagle Academy for Young Men in the Bronx have accused the principal of ordered them to inflate the grades of students with disabilities. They said they were instructed to change failing grades to passing for some students who hadn’t done any work and hadn’t attended class.
The New York Education Department is looking into the allegations.
Principal Osei Owusu-Afriye did not dispute that some grades were changed, but said the students had not received instruction that fit their individual educationp plans. He accused the teachers of being “disgruntled.”

