Here are five misconceptions about a serious and widespread problem in education today: cheating isn’t a problem at my kid’s school; kids cheat in the same ways today as they did in the past; only kids who struggle in school cheat; students who cheat don’t know right from wrong; cheating is unpredictable. The Global Search for Education: What to Do About Cheating? by C. M. Rubin in Huffington Post Education
From an opinion piece by Sarah Mosle in the New York Times-
“…hired-test takers went to testing centers, showed the proctor the fake license, and passed the certification exam… Then, the aspiring teacher used the test score to secure a job with a public school district,”
And what do we take away from this?
“Prosecutors and standardized test experts say students were hurt the most by the scheme because they were being taught by unqualified teachers.”
And here I was thinking that they were hurt most by the influence of ‘teachers’ who were actually criminals.
Maureen Van Den Berg, legislative director for the American Association of Christian Schools, expressed concern over the potential that the CCSSI could develop into a national curriculum that even private schools would be pushed into adopting.
