iPods Banned in Michigan Schools?

"Michigan used to make the question easy for schools. Up until 2004, all electronic devices were banned. But in 2004, the state left it up to districts to decide... Cheating is one of the major reasons cited in a letter the district sent to parents of summer-school students, and it is an area of increasing concern." /USA Today/

So, exactly what kind of cheating can you do with an electronic device such as a cell phone or an iPod?

The kind that can be scored electronically [multiple choice, fill in the blank, true / false, etc.] which is exactly the kind of answer that any reasonably competent adult would use Wikipedia or other internet sources to find. Emphasizing memorization rather than understanding may be one of the reasons why U.S. high school seniors ranked near the bottom in math and science, reflecting what educators call a crisis in American education.