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A student was going around asking teachers to raise his grades from last year so he could play a varsity sport. One teacher (a coach) did it. Another (a young, new teacher) did not. To me, this is a clearcut example of cheating, and what message did the Read More...
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Students in Seattle hacked into the grades system and changed their grades. In my mind, this should earn them computer science credit. They obviously don’t need to take basic computing courses. However, these same students changed grades that would not Read More...
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January will be an interesting month as my school heads into the final weeks of 1st semester. It’s a fun time of the year, but it’s also one full of pitfalls and the one I dread the most is the grading conversation on the horizon. While helicopter parents Read More...
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At lunch today a colleague mentioned that two of his students plagiarized a course requirement, and he decided to give both kids an F for the semester. This sparked quite the conversation today. Ultimately, the group felt that failing a student for an Read More...
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We had a bit of a tangential discussion in class yesterday centering on the question “Who are today’s heroes?” The kids did not think athletes were role models. Alex Rodriguez, Barry Bonds, Shawne Merriman , Floyd Landis , Shawn Kemp , Tim Donaghy , the Read More...
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This chart also made me laugh. It is from GraphJam.com as well where the original can be found. I can’t say the graph is all that accurate for me, but there are days… Posted in Cheating, Grading, Writing Read More...
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In my Standards-Based Grading post this weekend , Anon Y. Mous asked that I explain the rationale behind each of the core guidelines involved in the S.B.G. system. I think it’s a good suggestion and here is the fourth core guideline. Please comment with Read More...
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I have to present on Monday to my department the information I learned from a workshop on standards-based grading two months ago, and the presenter used the following works to base his presentation, of which I have read only three: A Repair Kit for Grading Read More...
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Naperville Central High School Principal Jim Caudill plagiarized a speech given by a student 11 years prior at the same event. To make matters more embarrassing, that student is now a teacher at Naperville and was in attendance for the event. An irony Read More...
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Here is a list of shocking statistics (at least I hope they are shocking) about high school students from the author Betsy Hart: “more than a quarter admitted stealing from a store,”
“almost as many [a quarter of the students surveyed] admitted stealing Read More...
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Today an article explained how the state Supreme Court deemed random drug tests for athletes unconstitutional. One portion of the article reads:
“We cannot countenance random searches of public school student athletes,” under the Washington Constitution, Read More...
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The recent controversy surrounding NBA referee Tim Donaghy must be excellent fodder for the conspiracy theorists out there. I've heard people complain for years that the NBA favors players or teams and "fixes" games. I don't believe there is a conspiracy, Read More...
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