Plagiarism in the charter school world
Merriam-Webster’s definition of PLAGIARIZE
- to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own
- use (another's production) without crediting the source
- to commit literary theft
- present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source
Multiple connections between schools can be found by scanning web pages and documents of charter schools for likely phrasing, and then inserting the phrases into Google’s Search bar. It was this technique which uncovered how a group of supposedly-unconnected charter schools (Gulen movement-operated) repeatedly make use of text written by other schools in their underground network, as well as that of other charter schools and private schools.*
The exercise is time consuming, but nearly always fruitful. Here are just a few outstanding examples of copying