High School Teacher Blogs About Student Plagiarism
Teach for America recruit Lauren McCabe -- currently teaching senior English and government at Environmental Charter High School in Lawndale -- has an interesting post about plagiarism on the Los Angeles Times' newest blog, "The Homeroom," where she is a regular contributor.
After discovering several plagiarized essays among her students' latest assignments, McCabe wrote, she expressed her frustration to an administrator and came away with an enlightened view about the possible psychology behind the practice.
Read it here.