Hawaii adopts dual diploma tracks
Hawaiia is raising graduation requirements, starting with the class of 2018, but also creating a dual-track system: Students will be able to opt for a less demanding diploma, the state board of...
View ArticleAll your plan are belong to us
How many different ways can I say ambivalence? Courtesy of Educationnews.org: The Oregon House of Representatives recently approved a bill that would make the laying out of a future education or...
View ArticleHigh school was too easy, graduates say
College is great, say recent high school graduates, but they weren’t prepared for college-level math, science and writing. College Board’s One Year Out (pdf) survey asked members of the class of 2010...
View ArticleCollege-prep for all — with easier math
Math teachers at my daughter’s old high school oppose a plan to require all students to pass college-prep classes required for admission to California universities, known as A-G courses. They say some...
View ArticleParents block career-tech requirement
I’d love to see more and stronger career-tech courses in high schools, but I’m not surprised that San Diego parents rejected a career-tech requirement. From the Hechinger Report: San Diego Unified...
View ArticleCollege prep for all relies on false data
Starting with the class of 2002, San Jose Unified raised its graduation requirements: All students must pass the college-prep courses required for admission to state universities. The rule doubled the...
View ArticleOregon may require college credit in high school
Oregon may require all high school students to pass college-level classes, reports Diverse. A bipartisan group of legislators has introduced a bill that would require college coursework as a condition...
View ArticleIdaho legislator: Require ‘Atlas Shrugged’
Idaho students would have to read Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged and pass a test on it to graduate from high school under a bill introduced by Sen. John Goedde, chairman of the Idaho Senate’s Education...
View ArticleFlorida legislators OKs two-track diploma
Florida will create a two-track high school diploma for college-bound and career-minded students under a bill headed to Gov. Rick Scott’s desk, reports the Miami Herald. If the proposal becomes law,...
View ArticleCollege-prep reqs can backfire
Requiring all students to pass college-prep courses risks raising the drop-out rate, concludes a Public Policy Institute of California report. San Jose, Oakland, San Francisco and San Diego have raised...
View ArticleACT: Science, math mandates fail
Requiring higher-level math and science classes doesn’t raise math and science achievement, an ACT study concludes. New graduation requirements affect lower-performing students who tend to do poorly in...
View ArticleB’s in high school, remediation in college
California’s state universities should stop admitting students who need remedial math or English, writes Darren on Right on the Left Coast. Unprepared students should start at community colleges. He...
View ArticleWhat does a high school grad need to succeed?
Many years — perhaps 25 — ago, I was asked my advice on a school district’s new graduation requirements. I said, “Go to your local community college and to employers who hire high school graduates. Ask...
View ArticleSmart, autistic kids need challenge
Special education isn’t designed for “kids who have both an intellectual disability and a sharp intellect,” writes Education Post‘s Beth Hawkins. Her 14-year-old son, who’s on the autism spectrum,...
View ArticleMore math, more money
“When states raise the number of math classes they require students to take in high school,” black students take more math and go on to earn more money, writes Emily DeRuy in The Atlantic. A study by...
View ArticleChicago mayor: No diploma without a plan
Mayor Rahm Emanuel at a Chicago school. Credit: Chicago Tribune Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel wants to add a new graduation requirement for public school students, reports the Chicago Tribune. By 2020,...
View ArticleOhio may lower graduation requirements
Ohio raised its graduation requirements, promising graduates would be ready for college and careers. Now the state Board of Education is considering lowering requirements amid fears that one third of...
View ArticleNew Mexico: Apply to college or else
New Mexico will make applying to college a high school graduation requirement, under a bill moving through the Legislature. “Exceptions would be made for students who can prove they have committed to...
View ArticleThey call it ‘Algebra 2,’ but . . .
Credit: Adam Hayes/New York Times Student can take “financial Algebra 2” instead of the regular course in Noblesville, Indiana, reports Shaina Cavazos on Chalkbeat. The class, which is focused on...
View ArticleWhat should high schools require?
What standards should students meet to graduate from high school? asks a “wonkathon” on Fordham’s Flypaper site. I think high schools should reduce requirements to a bare minimum, perhaps eighth-grade...
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