In several reports of grade fixing at John Dewey High School it appears that Chancellor Carmen Farina is either tight lipped about the investigation, or knows nothing about what is going on in the schools she runs. The New York Post Reports about the old 'Credit Recovery System', where students are given classroom credit for doing little more than watching movies or playing computer games. Teachers at the school are calling this a bogus way of improving graduation rates.
Figures in the Post article from 2009 when the schools current principal arrived graduation rates were at 56 percent. The Post has the 2013 graduation rate at 74 percent, and also says that according to the city's own figures the DOE shows an increase of 7 points from 72 percent in 2012 to 79 percent in 2013.
Other reports are saying that Chancellor Carmen Farina is cooperating with the ongoing investigation, and could this be happening in more than just one school.
