State pledges more anti-cheating action as teacher settles

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi education officials say that Tuesday's admission by a Clarksdale teacher that she cheated on state tests won't be the last action in the case.

The state Department of Education, in a statement released after Frances Smith-Kemp agreed to give up her teaching license for at least two years, said officials plan to file additional charges "in the near future."

"We will not tolerate cheating by educators in Mississippi classrooms," state Superintendent Carey Wright said in a statement. "As this first case demonstrates, there will be serious consequences for educators who are caught cheating.