Collaboration or Shared Answers?
December 01, 2021
Appears in December 2021: School Administrator.
Ethical Educator
Scenario: 
A high school junior lends his completed homework to a friend for the purpose of illustrating for him the general approach to the assignment. The friend winds up copying a portion of the work and submitting it. After the teacher discovers this, the accused
plagiarizer confirms the original arrangement. The teacher adds a critical note to the first boy’s student file. His parents complain first to the teacher and then to administrators that the note may discourage other teachers from writing letters
of recommendation for college applications.
Did
the teacher misstep?
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The Ethical Educator panel consists of
- Sheldon Berman, AASA lead superintendent, Redmond, Ore.;
- MaryEllen Elia, senior fellow, International Center for Leadership in Education and retired superintendent;
- Chris Lee Nicastro, former Missouri commissioner of education and president, Lee Consulting Group, St. Louis, Mo.; and
- Louis N. Wool, superintendent, Harrison, N.Y.
Each month, School Administrator draws on actual circumstances to raise an ethical decision-making dilemma in K-12 education. Our distinguished panelists provide their own resolutions to each dilemma.
Do you have a suggestion for a dilemma to be considered? Send it to: magazine@aasa.org.
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