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  • Newspaper

    City official investigating allegations of grade-fraud against NYC Department of Education

    USA

    Press

    Jennnifer Bisram - PIX 11

    According to the New York City Councilman, teachers have been forced to pass students who do not do well on exams or who do not even show up to class regularly. Evidence of cheating and intimidation from principals was shared with the Department of Education and the U.S. Attorney's Office.

  • Newspaper

    Cheating may be under-reported across Canada’s universities and colleges

    Canada

    Press

    Sarah Elaine Eaton - The Conversation

    Media have reported allegations of creative cheating strategies at universities across Canada, including hacking grades, bribery and breaking into offices to steal exams. A survey conducted at 11 Canadian higher institutions showed that 50 per cent of undergraduate students have committed some form of academic misconduct.

  • Newspaper

    Preschool special education in New York: How providers misspent $85M and fuelled an access crisis

    USA

    Press

    David Robinson - Iohud

    11 preschool owners and workers stole millions of tax dollars through a variety of schemes, using it to pay for everything from diamonds and Costco shopping to home renovations and a family wedding, state documents show. Child advocacy groups have warned of a preschool special education crisis in New York and signed a letter to the governor urging increases in the reimbursement rate earlier this year.

  • Newspaper

    Maspeth High School’s secret to high pass rates is cheating: teachers

    USA

    Press

    Susan Edelman - New York Post

    Students can play hockey, skip courses, flunk test but everyone still passes at “Maspeth Minimum High School”. According to a school staff member, teachers are not allowed to fail students. They not only give students the right answers during exams but they also change wrong test answers to the right ones. The Department of Education is carrying out an investigation.

  • New interactive map on teacher codes of conduct

    News

    Codes of conduct is the name given to documents that formulate rules for "good behaviour" that apply to the teaching profession.

  • Newspaper

    FBI is said to be investigating college admissions practices at T.M. Landry

    USA

    Press

    Katie Benner and Erica L. Green - The New York Times

    The T.M. Landry College Preparatory School in Louisiana is under federal investigation over its college admissions practices, transcripts with fake grades, non-existent school clubs and fictitious classes. Many students accused the founder of the school of abusing them and falsifying their transcripts. The court records reveal that he was accused of choking and dragging a student. In the investigation, the founder said that wall-sits and kneeling were used to motivate students and prepare them for the challenges of the real world.

  • Video

    The Ethical Standarts for the Teaching Profession

    Canada

    Video

    Ontario College of Teachers -

    The Ethical Standards for the Teaching Profession in Ontario represent a vision of professional practices and provides a framework of principles that describes the knowledge, skills, and values inherent in Ontario’s teaching profession. 

  • Video

    New chapter of fraud in the Cuban education system

    Cuba

    Video

    Radio Televisión Martí -

    The document presents several cases of fraud within the education system in the province of Villa Clara, such as cheating during entrance exams, and the involvement of teachers and professors in assisting students during the exam. 

  • Video

    The education system is full of corruption: interview with Mexico Evalua's director of research

    Mexico

    Video

    Educación Futura -

    A research director from Mexico mentions that corruption is at the heart of the education system and that it is imperative to fight this scourge for the achievement of all students. He addresses various forms of corruption, particularly corruption related to the allocation of teachers to schools. 
     

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