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ThatOwlWoman (09-19-2021)
There are different types of diplomas and requirements...that doesn't mean that anyone who wants to should not be able to go on to college if they want to If that were the case no special needs students would ever be able to attend...and be successful...And some most certainly do...
Gondwanaland (09-19-2021)
ThatOwlWoman (09-19-2021)
It used to be there was no Algebra requirement to graduate from high school, but there was an Algebra requirement to go to [most] colleges. So one could graduate from high school with a diploma that would not allow immediate access to college. A student with such a high school diploma could take non-college Algebra at a community college.
Now 20 states require Algebra to graduate from high school. That is still a minority of the states.
There is a debate whether high school should be about always preparing students for college or not.
ThatOwlWoman (09-19-2021)
Individualizing education as much as possible is the very best option these days...
What's True SB 744 extended the temporary suspension of Oregon's Essential Learning Skills prerequisite, meaning that until 2024 at the earliest, high school students do not have to pass standardized tests in several academic skill areas in order to obtain a high school diploma.
What's False SB 744 did not alter or remove the existing and continued requirement, in state law, that Oregonian high school students must obtain at least 24 credits, including in English, mathematics and science classes, in order to get a high school diploma — a less standardized but still substantial form of de facto proof that a given student possesses many of the same basic academic competencies in question.
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Cypress (09-19-2021), ThatOwlWoman (09-19-2021)
My h.s. required two years of math to graduate; I do not know if this was a state requirement or the district's, or if a district can have tougher standards than the state. The only math offered below algebra was a general course, so you ended up having to take algebra whether you wanted to or not. I wanted not. lol
They also offered a vo-tech program where kids went to the h.s. half a day and to a training facility the other half. When they graduated they had a good basic education, plus a trade skill so that they could get a job right away, or become an apprentice. That district still ranks in the top ten in Missouri.
This sounds like a good plan, don't you think?
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