LAUSD New Program: Push Non-College Going Students Out of High School—with NO Diploma - California Political Review

LAUSD New Program: Push Non-College Going Students Out of High School—with NO Diploma - California Political Review:

LAUSD New Program: Push Non-College Going Students Out of High School—with NO Diploma

Los Angeles Unified has decided that decided that all kids must pass classes that make their eligible for college. The intentions are good—but the results will be a large number of drop outs, since if you can’t pass the courses—because they mean nothing to you or are too hard—kids will drop out without a diploma. They will go into a world where sensitive Leftists want those with no skills or experience to be paid $15 an hour minimum wage, please benefits. Any wonder San Fran has a new restaurant names EATSA—everything is done by robots and technology. No need to pay kids what they are not worth.

“But like many of the other districts, Los Angeles Unified struggled to implement the new requirement. Officials said they miscalculated the large number of students who would have trouble with the college-prep coursework. The loss in state funding caused by the recession hampered other districts’ efforts to add intervention programs, making them reluctant to punish students who could not meet the tougher targets.

Los Angeles Unified eventually adjusted its ambitious plan after officials realized that far too many students were at risk of not graduating. More than 65,000 students were funneled into summer school this year because they were behind on credits.

Other districts that require the A-G sequence have also eased their standards. They include allowing Ds in college-prep courses to count toward graduation credits, even as UC and CSU accept only Cs or higher.”

The lower standards means the diploma is just a piece of paper, worthless—no education behind it, just “time served”. When will the parents get angry?

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Raising graduation bar poses challenges for school districts

By Fermin Leal, EdSource, 8/23/15

Graduating more college-ready students ranks as one of most important education initiatives in California, leading Los Angeles Unified School District to implement a sweeping plan requiring all students to complete a college-prep curriculum before they earn a diploma.

In 2005 the nation’s second-largest district joined a growing number in the state that began aligning their graduation requirements with the A-G sequence, the minimum standards needed for admission into the University of California and California State University systems and other four-year colleges and universities.

But like many of the other districts, Los Angeles Unified struggled to implement the new requirement. Officials said they miscalculated the large number of students who would have trouble with the college-prep coursework. The loss in state funding caused by the recession hampered other districts’ efforts to add intervention programs, making them reluctant to punish students who could not meet the tougher targets.

Los Angeles Unified eventually adjusted its ambitious plan after officials realized that far too many students were at risk of not graduating. More than 65,000 students were funneled into summer school this year because they were behind on credits.

Other districts that require the A-G sequence have also eased their standards. They include allowing Ds in college-prep courses to count toward graduation credits, even as UC and CSU accept only Cs or LAUSD New Program: Push Non-College Going Students Out of High School—with NO Diploma - California Political Review: