Education Law

Don't believe everything you read on the Internet...

...unless you are reading BoardBuzz. Then you're good to go.

Expect to start hearing more stories like this right here in the good ole US of A. Our friends across the pond are pointing to the Internet, and specifically Wikipedia, as contributing to falling test scores, suggesting that more and more students are relying too heavily on the Internet for school research without realizing the information may be a little less than, well, accurate.

The Scottish Parent Teacher Council (SPTC) said pupils are turning to websites and internet resources that contain inaccurate or deliberately misleading information before passing it off as their own work.

The group singled out online encyclopedia Wikipedia, which allows entries to be logged or updated by anyone and is not verified by researchers, as the main source of information.

Has your district witnessed similar problems? And what steps are you taking to address them or prevent them?

Full post as published by BoardBuzz: NSBA's Daily Weblog on June 23, 2008 (boomark / email).