Book recommendation: The Honor Code

I am sharing this on behalf of the publisher, but I really think that this book could fuel a much needed conversation in this community.

The book is called The Honor Code: Students, Integrity, & Our Path Forward by Tim Plaehn. It just came out through ElectraCast Books. Tim spent ten years as Faculty Chair of a school Honor Council and over 30 years teaching, and the book walks through four real student honor cases in full detail—what happened, what the hearing looked like, and what came after.

What makes it different from the usual "kids these days" hand-wringing is that it's actually grounded in what happens inside these situations. He's not theorizing. He was the person deciding outcomes.
For anyone in this sub dealing with the AI cheating wave right now, he makes a pretty compelling case that detection tools and zero-tolerance policies are treating the symptom, not the cause. The real fix is culture — and the book gets specific about what that actually looks like in practice.

Available now at Amazon! Happy to answer questions if anyone has them.

I didn’t see any rules against book promotion but I apologize if this is not allowed!

Submitted June 23, 2026 at 10:52AM by AdExcellent2175 https://ift.tt/CTJN9nW