Teacher Of The Year Resigns Over Being Told To Hide Bad Behavior And Fudge Failing Grades

What does it say about a school district when, in the same year, a teacher who had been named Teacher of the Year at her school and was also recognized as a Blue Ribbon Teacher of the Year for the district chose to resign rather than continue to go along with a deception that was endangering her students' future?

Samira Hardcastle taught art at John F. Kennedy Middle School in Antioch. Yet in May, this award-winning teacher chose to submit a three-page resignation letter and to walk away from the Metro Nashville Public School District (MNPS).