“The Cheating Scandal!” Isn’t Cheating a Choice? « Diary of a Public School Teacher!

“The Cheating Scandal!” Isn’t Cheating a Choice? « Diary of a Public School Teacher!

“The Cheating Scandal!” Isn’t Cheating a Choice?

by Oldschoolteach

I read an article by Jay Matthews of The Washington Post the other day,“Easing Test Pressure Won’t Save Kids”, and it went along with something I had been thinking about ever since “The Cheating Scandals” (in a whisper) broke. I don’t agree with everything he had to say in his article, but there was one element that struck me. Is cheating acceptable because of the enormous pressure put on teachers, principals, and superintendents? Is it alright to