We all know kids cheat. And we know they use technology to do it. Here’s an interesting study that tries to document the sneakiness: it reports that one-third of teenagers with cell phones admit having used them to cheat, and half admit cheating via the Internet.
A story on the report by my colleague Kathleen Kennedy Manzo points up more worrisome stuff: how teenagers feel about what they’re doing. Most don’t think it’s a big deal to store notes on their cell phones to use during tests.
I’ve written about school districts’ struggles with cell phone policy, most notably in New York, so I know that perfect solutions to managing cell phone use at school are elusive. But this study suggests one more time that we really need to do a better job shaping young people’s beliefs about the ethics of their actions.