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Thursday, July 7, 2011

This Week In Education: Video: Don't Think Cheating Is Widespread, Says Duncan

This Week In Education: Video: Don't Think Cheating Is Widespread, Says Duncan

Video: Don't Think Cheating Is Widespread, Says Duncan

Countering those who say cheating is rampant (and, implicitly, that large numbers of educators are willing to act unethically), here Arne Duncan challenges the notion that cheating is systemic nationally or that the pubic should assume progress has been made illegitimately:

Take note that in this instance as in several others the reformers -- those blamed for the "war on teachers" -- are backing teachers up (in the process of defending testing and accountability), while the