"Culture of Fear"

describes the situation at the Atlanta Public Schools system when teachers were forced to cheat on standardized tests, risking revocation of their licenses, but if they dared to whisleblow, they risked losing their jobs thanks to retaliation.

This of course isn't limited to just standardized tests.  If teachers refuse to change student grades or refuse to violate federal law to allow nonqualified students to take alternate testing to standardized tests or CRTs, they risk retaliation from their principals.  I know this only too well from experience.

The now-retired superintendent of Atlanta was neck deep in the scandal, and educators were under a cloud of fear.

Here are the links to the report:

Part One

Part Two

Part Three

Only teachers in the system know just how bad the pressure is.  I personally would never risk my license to bail out some crooked administrator. But then again I was booted out of teaching.  I do have my integrity, however.  Unfortunately, integrity doesn't pay the bills.

Part Three is the most important part because it mentions the real conditions under which teachers work.

Teachers are damned if they cheat and damned if they don't.

More is here.