Cheating At A Charter

Published: July 23, 2007, 12:56 pm

This isn't an anti-charter school post, as I'm a big fan of charter schools. I'm not a big fan of cheating and fraud, however, and when one of the good guys commits cheating and fraud, I call them on it.In spring 2006, teachers' records for an 11th-grade boy at University Preparatory Charter Academy in East Oakland showed an F and five D's.His report card for the same period featured three D's and three C's.His transcript -- the one received by the California State University campuses that accepted him -- glowed with three A's and three B's.That's pretty blatant, and there are more examples in the article.Let's skip the moral argument or right and wrong for a moment, because anyone who would do what was reported obviously would not be swayed by such arguments. Let's try a completely practical, utilitarian approach.Why would school officials change grades? One possible reason is for the school's stats to look good. No one, in the light of day, will try to defend such a proposition.

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