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You Quote It, You Note It
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What do Coldplay, historian Stephen Ambrose, and Beatle George Harrison all have in common? They’ve all, at one time or another, been accused of plagiarism. Despite this dubious distinction and the scandal it brings, plagiarism is alive and thriving in our society, thank you very much. A recent Education Week survey found that 54% of students surveyed admitted to plagiarizing from the Internet for class assignments, while 47% of students believed that their teachers sometimes turned a blind eye to evidence that their students were cheating. In 1989, another survey found that 97.5% of American high school students admitted to allowing other students to copy their work.

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That’s My Line! Teaching Students about Plagiarism
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A 7th grade teacher assigns her class a 2-week research project on art history. She challenges her students to use a variety of sources in their research. As she explains the project to her students, she is met with 30 blank stares. One student gasps, “You mean we have to look up the books at a library?” Another one asks if it’s okay to do all of his research online. A girl in the back raises her hand and asks, “Can I interview my Dad for the project? He works at the art museum.”

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Gateway News 8-30-12


We are excited to announce that JES & Co. has received a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to expand the Achievement Standards Network (ASN) and to develop new ASN services. Click here for more information about the grant: http://jesand.co/MVPkOF.

The Gateway to 21st Century Skills (Gateway) is one of two projects managed and administered by JES & Co. The other project is the ASN. Both projects are tied very closely together. While the Gateway is the digital library, the ASN is the “connect the dots” piece between resources and standards. If you create a free account on the Gateway you can browse the Common Core State Standards and even search for resources by standard. The ASN...

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