The Telegram’s Brian Jones puts the new school board policy on dishonesty in the correct perspective:
Behaviour is not separate from their beloved “academic outcomes” (curses on educational jargon; in former times, teachers simply and more accurately referred to “results”).
In fact, behaviour is an essential aspect of academics.
Responsible parents encourage their children to be diligent, hardworking and interested in their studies: put in effort; don’t be lazy; do your best.
The district’s new policy on cheating makes a mockery of parents’ efforts.
More importantly, the policy mocks students who don’t cheat. It insults their honest efforts to study and to learn.
Read the whole column. Jones nails a bunch of other aspects.
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