diff --git a/spec/lib/tasks/for_education_spec.rb b/spec/lib/tasks/for_education_spec.rb
index 767d6f642..e6f9c50a3 100644
--- a/spec/lib/tasks/for_education_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/tasks/for_education_spec.rb
@@ -76,8 +76,16 @@
     end
 
     it 'adds two projects' do
-      lesson = Lesson.where(school_id: school.id)
-      expect(Project.where(lesson_id: lesson.pluck(:id)).length).to eq(2)
+      lessons = Lesson.where(school_id: school.id)
+      projects = Project.where(lesson_id: lessons.pluck(:id))
+
+      if projects.length != 2
+        $stdout.puts('Debug info for intermittent test')
+        lessons.each { |lesson| $stdout.puts(lesson.inspect) }
+        projects.each { |project| $stdout.puts(project.inspect) }
+      end
+
+      expect(projects.length).to eq(2)
     end
 
     it 'assigns a teacher' do
diff --git a/spec/rails_helper.rb b/spec/rails_helper.rb
index c3ab74904..208a5d28f 100644
--- a/spec/rails_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/rails_helper.rb
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
 
   config.around(type: :task) do |example|
     DatabaseCleaner.clean_with(:truncation)
-    DatabaseCleaner.strategy = :transaction
+    DatabaseCleaner.strategy = :truncation
 
     DatabaseCleaner.cleaning do
       Rails.application.load_tasks