Mississippi Business Journal » deal http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:33:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Educator rejects plea deal, will stand trial in teacher exam scandal http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/01/25/educator-rejects-plea-deal-will-stand-trial-in-teacher-exam-scandal/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=educator-rejects-plea-deal-will-stand-trial-in-teacher-exam-scandal http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/01/25/educator-rejects-plea-deal-will-stand-trial-in-teacher-exam-scandal/#comments Fri, 25 Jan 2013 17:59:58 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=68738 MEMPHIS, Tenn. — In a surprising legal move, a longtime Memphis educator is going to trial on charges that he led a three-state organization that helped teachers cheat on qualification tests. At a hearing this morning, Coleman Garrett, a lawyer for Clarence Mumford Sr., told a federal judge that his client is not changing his [...]

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