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Wrongdoing in Wilmer-Hutchins
Using a hidden camera and the unpaid help of a mold remediation expert, reporters at KDFW exposed severe problems with the Wilmer-Hutchins district high school. News cameras also caught the district using illegal immigrants instead of mold remediation specialists to repair building problems. The investigation also lead to the discovery of mismanagement and fraud in the school district's leadership and its financial records. As a result of this report, a state education agency audit followed, along with investigations by the FBI, IRS, U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour division, and the Federal Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Throughout the investigation, district officials denied any wrongdoing, refused to hand over documents, and were eventually charged with tampering with evidence in the federal investigations.
Tags: standardized testing; bonds; mismanagement of funds; Wilmer-Hutchins school district
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School Scandals, Children Left Behind: Cheating in Texas Schools
This series of articles began with an examination of one school district in Dallas. The reporters found that the Wilmer-Hutchins Independent School District was riddled with problems, including shredded documents, vanishing funds, unpaid salaries, and stolen property. The Wilmer- Hutchins stories also exposed some discrepancies in state assessment test scores. The reporters did a statewide data analysis of test scores and found that similar discrepancies, and the cheating that produces them, occurred throughout the state.
Tags: cheating; Wilmer-Hutchins; Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills; Thaddeus Lott; Texas Education Agency; standardized tests; No Child Left Behind
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The Dallas Observer explores why the Wilmer-Hutchins Independent School District is so poorly run. It blames the district's trustees for meddling in personnel and management decisions and highlights various abuses of power over the years. It also faults state authorities for their reluctance to get to the root of the district's troubles. (Oct. 3, 1996)
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