In the article it mentioned East Lake Elementary School as one such school that participated in the cheating scandal (2011). According to the article superintendent Hall suggested that principals that did not meet the goals of the test would be replaced. This is an example of a negative incentive within the school district. Both teacher’s and principles were told by Hall to fear for their jobs if they could not bring up the test scores of their students. Our textbook describes …show more content…
While an economist could look at the situation and say that the teachers were just taking advantage of what was presented to them that does not mean it is right to do. In Proverbs 19:1 (NIV) it says, “Better the poor whose walk is blameless than a fool whose lips are perverse”. While the teachers that did not participate may have less money in their pockets, they are able to walk with their heads high. At the end of the day have a job because they chose to stand above the cheating and incentives offered to them, while those who chose to cheat have lost their job and subsequent income due to their