Black Coffee, Crime, and Crochet a True Crime Podcast7 Okt 2025

🎙️Episode 11: Scandal in the Schools Series Pt. 1- The Atlanta Double: Tech Bribes & Test Scores

Welcome back to Black Coffee, Crime & Crochet! I’m your host, Jasmine CL Prince, and we’re kicking off the Scandal in the Schools series with an Atlanta two-for-one.

First up: Jerome Oberlton, the former Atlanta Public Schools Chief Information Officer who turned tech contracts into kickbacks. Then we dive into Dr. Beverly Hall, the one-time National Superintendent of the Year whose empire crumbled in the infamous Atlanta test-cheating scandal.

These stories intertwine technology, testing, and temptation—each showing what happens when pressure meets opportunity in public education. Grab your iced coffee and your yarn, sis, because this one’s layered like a granny square and messy like a grade-school group project.

☕ Iced Coffee of the Week: Peach Please Cold Foam Brew – sweet, southern, and slightly suspicious.

🧶 Crochet Project of the Week: WIP Updates

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🗂️ Sources

U.S. Department of Justice & Federal Indictment Archives on Jerome Oberlton (2013) – Tech contract bribery case filings and sentencing records.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution coverage on Beverly Hall and the APS Test Cheating Scandal (2009–2015).
New York Times – “Atlanta Educators Convicted in School Cheating Scandal” (2015).
Education Week and The Hechinger Report investigations into systemic pressures behind standardized testing.
U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District of Georgia press releases (2013–2015) regarding Oberlton’s plea deal and Hall’s co-defendants.

🗓️ Note from Jasmine: If you noticed a little mix-up last week—yep, that was me. The Detroit Principals’ Kickback Scheme audio accidentally went up under this title. We fixed it! That Detroit episode is now Episode 2, and this Atlanta deep-dive is now Episode 1 of the series.

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