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Squinch

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1. I love Neil, but students didn't cheat. It was the administrators pushing the tests who cheated.

Reply to MrScorpio (Original post)

Tue Apr 16, 2013, 09:54 PM

Apr 2013

So it's because the administrators valued the good opinion of people who know nothing about education - and who want to exploit the education system for profit - more than they value the actual education of children.

Which means they should be making widgets for a living rather than telling teachers how to educate.

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I love Neil, but students didn't cheat. It was the administrators pushing the tests who cheated. Squinch Apr 2013 #1

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