Fired secretary in grade-tampering scandal alleges lax rules in Memphis district
Shirley Quinn, the fired secretary at Trezevant High School, stands in front of Shelby County Circuit Court last week. (Laura Faith Kebede/Chalkbeat)
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Laura Faith Kebede
Laura Faith Kebede is a distinguished journalist in residence at the Institute for Public Service Reporting at the University of Memphis. She leads the Institute’s Civil Wrongs project to write about historical cases of racial terror as a corps member for Report for America. You can follow her on Twitter @kebedefaith.
During her emotional, daylong testimony in her gender discrimination lawsuit against the district, Shirley Quinn described a system that did not encourage her to follow rules to prevent grade tampering.
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