Maryland Education Officials Find Widespread Cheating At Elementary School In Baltimore.

The Baltimore Sun (5/27, Bowie) reports, "City and state education officials have uncovered widespread cheating on state tests at" George Washington Elementary School in Southwest Baltimore, a campus once regarded "as an example of against-the-odds achievement." After the discovery, officials "revoked the professional license of the principal," Susan Burgess, "who they are holding responsible." After reviewing "hundreds of Maryland State Assessment booklets at George Washington Elementary," investigators "found thousands of erasure marks. In nearly all instances, the answers were changed from wrong to right." Still, none of the staff have admitted to "taking part in or witnessing any cheating." Burgess also "did not provide an explanation" for the findings.