Private school students cheat more than public school pupils, says survey. (People & Events).Advocates of school vouchers school vouchers, government grants aimed at improving education for the children of low-income families by providing school tuition that can be used at public or private schools. take it as a given that sectarian sec·tar·i·an adj. 1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a sect. 2. Adhering or confined to the dogmatic limits of a sect or denomination; partisan. 3. Narrow-minded; parochial. n. 1. schools produce students with better ethics than public institutions, but a new study challenges that assumption. "Report Card 2002: The Ethics of American Youth," released by the Josephson Institute for Ethics in late October, found that 78 percent of high school students attending religious schools had cheated on an exam at least once in the past year; for public and nonreligious private school students, the figure was 72 percent. Among high schoolers, 52 percent of those attending a religious school admitted to cheating on an exam. Even 47 percent of those who said their religious beliefs were very important to them said they had cheated. The survey also found that attendance at a religious school did little to prevent students from lying. Eighty-six percent of religious school students admitted lying to teachers; 81 percent of students in public and non-religious private schools said they had lied. The survey questioned 12,474 high school students nationwide. It has a margin of error of plus or minus three points. Of the students surveyed, 5,858 were attending private religious high schools; 6,845 told the pollsters that they consider their religious convictions essential or very important. Despite these findings, advocates of vouchers continue to assert that government aid to religious schools will boost public morals. In November, Stephen L. Carter “Stephen Carter” redirects here. For the self-help writer, humorist and educator, see Steven A. Carter. Stephen L. Carter born October 26 1954 is an American law professor, legal- and social-policy writer, columnist, and novelist. , a Yale University Yale University, at New Haven, Conn.; coeducational. Chartered as a collegiate school for men in 1701 largely as a result of the efforts of James Pierpont, it opened at Killingworth (now Clinton) in 1702, moved (1707) to Saybrook (now Old Saybrook), and in 1716 was professor and proponent One who offers or proposes. A proponent is a person who comes forward with an a item or an idea. A proponent supports an issue or advocates a cause, such as a proponent of a will. PROPONENT, eccl. law. of vouchers, went so far as to argue in Christianity Today Christianity Today is an Evangelical Christian periodical based in Carol Stream, Illinois. It is the flagship publication of its parent company Christianity Today International, claiming circulation figures of 145,000 and readership of 304,500. that voucher A receipt or release which provides evidence of payment or other discharge of a debt, often for purposes of reimbursement, or attests to the accuracy of the accounts. programs could lead to a future with fewer big business money scandals. "For the millions of parents who continue to support school vouchers, the religious school is seen as a partner in training the child in right and wrong," wrote Carter. "That nearly nine of ten private school students attend religious schools may reflect a parental judgment that raising good people is more important than raising test scores." |
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