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A correspondent on National Public Radio recently opined that college was necessary for almost all because “The high school diploma isn’t what it used to be.” Why not try to make the high school diploma what it used to be?
In Massachusetts, with a fairly good high-school system, more than 30 percent of college freshmen are in remedial classes, and I understand that nationwide, the number is closer to 50 percent.
Imagine that a PUBLIC high school diploma isn't what it used to be.
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The high school diploma isn’t what it used to be
A correspondent on National Public Radio recently opined that college was necessary for almost all because “The high school diploma isn’t what it used to be.” Why not try to make the high school diploma what it used to be?
In Massachusetts, with a fairly good high-school system, more than 30 percent of college freshmen are in remedial classes, and I understand that nationwide, the number is closer to 50 percent.
Imagine that a PUBLIC high school diploma isn't what it used to be.
Read the rest of Some need a different kind of school.
HT HE&OS
- 15 Year Old Killed At High School
A 15-year-old boy was stabbed during an after-school robbery at a suburban high school and died at a hospital early Saturday, authorities said. Michael Alguera was playing handball with two friends on a court at Hempstead High School on Friday afternoon...
- College Info For Homeschoolers
My local Community College held a College Information Day for Homeschoolers. They seem to be eager to help homeschoolers transition to college and had lots of valuable information to provide. We of course discussed scholarships, grants and loans. But...
- But They Attend Public Schools, Why Aren't They Properly Socialized?
One is a 15-year-old who was recently suspended from his suburban high school for making violent threats, according to police. The other is an awkward 17-year-old hungry for attention, acquaintances say. Together, they envisioned a bloody assault on...
- Mr Bounds Could You Scrutinize Public School Teachers Please?
A former Ocean Springs school teacher received a six-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to sexual misconduct with two of his students. Doug Alan Lundy, 35, who taught history at Ocean Springs High School, was sentenced to six years in prison,...
- To Fix Us Schools, Panel Says, Start Over
A bipartisan group of scholars and business leaders, school chancellors and education commissioners, and former cabinet secretaries and governors, declare that America's public education system, designed to meet the needs of 100 years ago when the...