A former principal who said prayer had dramatically boosted test scores has lost her license for 20 years for telling teachers and other workers to correct students’ answers.
A state education department commission voted unanimously last month to suspend the license of Lowanda Tyler-Jones, a former principal at Heidelberg Elementary School in Clarksdale, Miss.
The Mississippi education department investigated after The Clarion-Ledger reported a dramatic increase in test scores at Heidelberg in 2013.
