The Daily Report Card: Cheating Teachers, College Partying, And School Supplies

In The Classroom Today

Education Week: Cheating Scandals Intensify Focus on Test Pressures The cheating scandal that has rocked the 48,000-student Atlanta school system was an egregious, but not entirely unexpected, byproduct of testing accountability pressures, many testing experts say. The reason: As long as test scores are used in any field to make decisions on rewards or punishments, including for schools or educators, a small percentage of people will be willing to bend the rules—or break them. (Education Week)

Colleges For Partying, Eating, And Learning (If You Must) : The Two-Way : NPR This is an NPR story about the Princeton Review’s list of the top party schools in the country.  Indiana’s DePauw University has the honor of making this prestigious list of fine partying institutions. (NPR)

First Days Back 2 School Project Still Needs Sponsors – MyWabashValley.com Two hundred students applied for this year’s First Days Back 2 School Project, and 150 still need sponsors.  The program, run by the Covenant Cooperative Ministry, helps K-12 students from low-income households by providing new clothes, shoes and school supplies.  “We wanted to boost the self-esteem, and to set the stage for those kids to feel equal to all other kids. We just feel that that gives them a boost, a real boost for the academic year,” said Rose Aycock, Executive Director of the Covenant Cooperative Ministry.  (mywabashvalley.com)