Dearborn School Board Explores the Issue of Cheating
Dearborn Board of Education, teachers worry that today’s students don’t think cheating is a big deal.
Academic dishonesty has been around as long as schools have existed, but a report submitted to the Dearborn Public Schools Board of Education this month suggests that students everywhere are less likely to think there’s any harm playing fast and loose with the rules. “If you’ve been looking at the news over the last year you’ve seen a lot of school districts in trouble for problems that they’ve had on tests," explained Supt. Brian Whiston at the board's April 23 meeting, "so we have been trying to focus on academic integrity–not only for our students, but for our staff and for us as a central office." Whiston explained that information given to board members detailed the district's efforts at eradicating and addressing academic dishonesty…
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AbuHak
7:11 pm on Sunday, June 3, 2012
Yes, I did attend school and we had no re-take policy because, as any educated person knows, this provides those who choose to retake tests with an unfair advantage in the amount of time they have to prepare for the test as well as allowing them to become more familiar with the types of questions that will be asked on the test. This unfair advantage is equivalent to cheating. Also, not all … more ›