Graduation Requirements

College & Workforce Readiness Opinion John Thompson: Oklahoma's Chief for Change Barresi in Trouble With Voters
My experience this week helps explain why I believe we must take more time to celebrate our victories. If we can win in Oklahoma, victory is achievable anywhere and everywhere.
Anthony Cody, July 22, 2014
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Special Education La. Bill Would Empower IEP Teams
A measure passed by the Louisiana legislature would give teams of teachers, administrators, and parents wide latitude in setting graduation and promotion requirements for students with disabilities.
Christina A. Samuels, May 30, 2014
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College & Workforce Readiness Opinion The Common Core Equity Swindle
The farther into this experiment we get, the more devastating this latest sorting mechanism appears to be. Every time you stamp "college ready" on a student who has cleared the bar, the students that did not make it past that hurdle are stamped "unworthy."
Anthony Cody, March 10, 2014
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School Climate & Safety Opinion John Thompson: Fear, Teen Stress and High Stakes Tests
It is not just in urban schools where reformers have tried to combat the stress of poverty by dumping the stress of high-stakes testing on teens. It is not just in the inner city that the values necessary for living a happy, healthy, and rewarding life have been subordinated to a competition
Anthony Cody, February 24, 2014
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5 min read
Special Education Opinion Will California Use Common Core Tests as a High School Exit Exam?
Last week, California's state superintendent of education Tom Torlakson casually mentioned something that could have huge implications for students and teachers.
Anthony Cody, January 17, 2014
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3 min read
Local high school and middle school students paint the exterior of a childcare center as part of the Momentum Youth Conference community outreach project earlier this summer in Marion, Ind.
Local high school and middle school students paint the exterior of a childcare center as part of the Momentum Youth Conference community outreach project earlier this summer in Marion, Ind.
Jeff Morehead/The Chronicle-Tribune/AP
College & Workforce Readiness Community Service Requirements Seen to Reduce Volunteering
A study found that requiring students to participate in community service to graduate led to significant boosts in 8th grade volunteering, but actually decreased volunteering among older students.
Sarah D. Sparks, August 20, 2013
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College & Workforce Readiness Opinion Exit Exams Boost the School to Prison Pipeline
A new study sheds startling light on a strong connection between high school exit exams and rates of incarceration.
Anthony Cody, July 6, 2013
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College & Workforce Readiness Questions Arise About Need for Algebra 2 for All
Debate over the subject's relevancy brews in several states even as the Common Core State Standards for mathematics expect students to master that content.
Erik W. Robelen, June 11, 2013
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10 min read
Student Well-Being & Movement Many States Put Age Limits on Schools' Dropout-Recovery Services
Newly updated data show that laws in 27 states require free schooling for students up to age 21, while two states cut off students' route to a diploma at 19.
Sterling C. Lloyd, May 31, 2013
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College & Workforce Readiness New GED Tests Stir Concerns, Draw Competitors
Computer tests, career-readiness scores, more rigor, and a higher price are among the changes to the alternative program for receiving a high school credential.
Caralee J. Adams, May 31, 2013
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10 min read
Mary Anne Whiteker, a local schools superintendent, visits the Texas House as lawmakers work on a measure to rewrite state graduation mandates.
Mary Anne Whiteker, a local schools superintendent, visits the Texas House as lawmakers work on a measure to rewrite state graduation mandates.
Erich Schlegel fir Education Week
College & Workforce Readiness Texas Trying to Scale Back Graduation Mandates
Proposed legislation would lower the number of end-of-course exams as well as the number of core courses students must take.
Erik W. Robelen, April 2, 2013
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7 min read
College & Workforce Readiness Exit Exams Face Pinch in Common-Core Push
Some states rethink the kind of tests high school students must pass to graduate, or whether to use exit exams at all.
Andrew Ujifusa, October 2, 2012
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7 min read
College & Workforce Readiness Districts Require E-Courses for Graduation
Mandates that seek to prepare students for the demands of college and the workforce may also increase demand for e-learning.
Michelle R. Davis, August 27, 2012
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6 min read
College & Workforce Readiness Los Angeles Schools Struggle With Curriculum Overhaul
A long-planned move to tougher high school graduation requirements is proving to be a challenge in Los Angeles.
Lesli A. Maxwell, June 12, 2012
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6 min read
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