JBizznass t1_j29ehm8 wrote
Reply to comment by Fine_With_It_All in Nearly half of Philadelphia seniors still working to meet new state graduation requirements by User_Name13
True. But a high school degree needs to actually mean something. It needs to mean you met a minimum standard of education. Otherwise it will continue to be meaningless.
donttouchthirdrail t1_j29ri0a wrote
Having no high school degree or equivalent is basically a guarantee of a lifetime of poverty. It’s not good that they pass kids who aren’t qualified, but dumping them on the street with no degree isn’t a great solution either.
themoneybadger t1_j29tz8x wrote
This entire article is about alternate pathways for students to earn diplomas, its not like the state is making it hard, they are giving students more options.
Ng3me t1_j2a276c wrote
Incorrect. These are not alternative pathways in the sense that students struggled with conventional requirements. They are alternatives to a new testing requirement. Basically the state said “students now have to pass this test to graduate and if they don’t we have a tone of hoops for them to jump through instead.” The test and the alternative are new state mandated barriers to graduation.
JBizznass t1_j2apv11 wrote
Why should students be allowed to graduate if they can’t meet some bottom barre standards? What’s the point of issuing a diploma to people who are still functional illiterate?
Ng3me t1_j2b7yxr wrote
I did not touch on that question at all. The testing requirement is entirely new this year and you have no idea what’s on it. You have no idea what those standards are or what opportunities are actually provided by the “alternative pathway”.
Vague_Disclosure t1_j2a1ndn wrote
It's not even like a GED is some sort of educational achievement, it's literally the absolute bare minimum
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