Wow, this is such a surprise: teachers helping their students cheat.
A recent study shows as many as 200 teachers in California were caught cheating to help their students perform better on rigorous new standardized tests, which are part of the President Bush's "No Child Left Behind (search)" education plan.Next thing you know, judges will be helping suspects flee from the cops.
As for punishing teachers who have been caught cheating, the state of California says it's up to local districts to decide what to do. Some have been fired and some have even received jail time.Interesting. They should all be fired, but jail time seems a bit harsh to me.
You absolutely need to fire any teachers that cheat, and you're right - you can't give these teacher jail time, that's going way overboard. Like most things in our society, we act on a whim, without thinking about what we're doing.
-Will
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Firing may not be necessary, as long as some financial sanction is imposed (despite the union).
People will always cheat when their own career and salary are involved. Many teachers get paid extra for having advanced degrees; many of them have fake degrees from diploma mills or just lie.
Clearly what the schools need is privatization.