http://www.educationnews.org/international-uk/uk-teachers-union-were-compromised-by-exam-pressure/ Education News Fri, 17 May 2013 18:29:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.educationnews.org/international-uk/uk-teachers-union-were-compromised-by-exam-pressure/#comment-9428 claire Sun, 20 May 2012 13:09:17 +0000 http://www.educationnews.org/?p=210845#comment-9428 i was a new head of department i was told to run a course that the students didnt have the capability for the predictions were that they would not pass i was told to tell them what to write word for word i refused i wrote to the governors the students failed i lost my job i was a new head of department
i was told to run a course that the students didnt have the capability for
the predictions were that they would not pass
i was told to tell them what to write word for word
i refused
i wrote to the governors
the students failed
i lost my job

]]> http://www.educationnews.org/international-uk/uk-teachers-union-were-compromised-by-exam-pressure/#comment-7599 Linda Brees Tue, 03 Apr 2012 15:01:23 +0000 http://www.educationnews.org/?p=210845#comment-7599 This is the exact same problem they are having here, in the U.S. It's ridiculous how these incentives are set up. All this testing rewards cheating in the most blatant way, and we're still not doing anything about it. This is the exact same problem they are having here, in the U.S. It’s ridiculous how these incentives are set up. All this testing rewards cheating in the most blatant way, and we’re still not doing anything about it.

]]> http://www.educationnews.org/international-uk/uk-teachers-union-were-compromised-by-exam-pressure/#comment-7598 Joe Tue, 03 Apr 2012 15:00:41 +0000 http://www.educationnews.org/?p=210845#comment-7598 In other words, "we can't be trusted not to cheat!" That sounds like an invitation for a termination hearing. In other words, “we can’t be trusted not to cheat!” That sounds like an invitation for a termination hearing.

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