According to my practicing Christian friends, Easter Monday is 'A Good News' day and so the least I can do is to offer another 'Good News' story although, I admit, it is way down the scale of historical or global importance. Still, it's always 'Good News' when the little people beat the big people in the system. Thus, I can tell you that five 'little people', former members of the Atlanta, Georgia, board of education who stood up against a crooked, corrupt system of education have been totally vindicated. Even better news is that 11 of the 12 big honchos who were running the racket have been found guilty and are now facing years in the slammer.
Donald Bullock, a former Atlanta testing coordinator, was led to a holding cell after his conviction. A judge ordered most of the educators jailed immediately. Credit Pool photo by Kent D. Johnson
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/02/us/verdict-reached-in-atlanta-school-testing-trial.html
In essence, it was a typical government-run scam in which black 'educators' fixed the exam results of their black pupils. You might say that they were only trying to help their poor, put-upon, fellow blacks but, of course, promotions and bonuses depended on the exam results so it wasn't exactly disinterested!
Five 'ordinary' people who sat on the Board of Education realised some years ago what was happening and took a stand against it. The Atlanta 'establishment' threw the legal book at them and you can read the report of their defence lawyer over at The American Spectator. It's worth it because you will smile with pleasure - and if you read the NYT report, see link above, of the final trial of the 'Big People' you will laugh with joy and break open a bottle of bubbly!
Hollywood should make a film of it - but I ain't holdin' my breath!
