Public School Allows Cheating…at what cost

On my way to work this morning, I was surprised to hear on WMAL that West Potomac High School in Fairfax County is not failing those who cheat on exams, rather they are allowing them to retake the same exam. Ironically, this school has also asked teachers to banish failing grades. I just love what the Principal of the school emailed to teachers:

“West Potomac High School Principal Cliff Hardison last month instructed teachers to allow cheaters to retake tests. The idea was that cheating should “result in a disciplinary consequence separate from an academic consequence,” Hardison said in a Nov. 5 e-mail to teachers.”

Source: The Washington Post

A disciplinary consequence? Huh?!? Both the disciplinary and academic consequences alone are enough to ward off cheaters. A disciplinary consequence will only ensure that the behavior will occur again. As a public school graduate, I witnessed cheating in many of my classes. The students who cheated were not only punished academically, but they also received the embarrassment of having the teacher openly confront them in class and then having their parents called in for conferences to remedy the problem. Usually, both consequences solved the cheating issue.

Meanwhile in the real world, if you are caught doing unethical acts (such as cheating, stealing, etc.), you are generally fired, along with having that act on your record for the rest of your career. Unfortunately, this message has not reached those at West Potomac High School. They are merely enabling the future generation that you can get second chances, as mentioned before, this is often not the case. When public officials discuss school reforms, they should look at reforming academic standards and creating more accountability amongst the students.

Cross posted at Crystal Clear Conservative

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