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American Kids Are Graduating From High School At Record Rates

Noel7 — Tue, 15 Dec 2015 22:45:58 GMT

How about a little good news for a change of pace?

Not only are our nation's kids graduating at a record rate, but the achievement gaps are narrowing, too!

"The U.S. high school graduation rate reached another record high in the 2013-14 school year, with teens graduating at 82 percent, the U.S. Department of Education announced Tuesday.

The announcement comes after the Education Department released preliminary data in October showing a decreasing gap in graduation rates between black and white students and white and Hispanic students. The new data shows that graduation rates climbed for the nation as a whole.

The U.S. high school graduation rate has steadily increased for the past four consecutive years...

The new data shows that graduation rates have increased across the board for the past several years for subgroups like low-income students, students with disabilities and English language learners."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/high-school-graduation-rate_567022dbe4b0e292150f280c

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ladyroxanne — Tue, 15 Dec 2015 22:59:41 GMT

this is great news! what do they attribute this to? they are saying the last 4 years, do i dare think or say. no, nevermind.

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Nancy Drew — Tue, 15 Dec 2015 23:11:55 GMT

Wonderful! Great news. The kids I know are pretty good kids.

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deepwaterdotter — Tue, 15 Dec 2015 23:14:42 GMT

Thank you teachers!

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Noel7 — Tue, 15 Dec 2015 23:16:49 GMT

@ladyroxanne wrote:
this is great news! what do they attribute this to? they are saying the last 4 years, do i dare think or say. no, nevermind.

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Hi @ladyroxanne

"The U.S. high school graduation rate has steadily increased for the past four consecutive years, after states and districts started using a new, uniform metric to measure this number in 2010."

I'd hope there are additional reports with more detail. I like the part about students with disabilities and low income students graduating at a higher rate, also.

I'm going to guess and say that maybe part of that rise for poor kids is because some pushed so hard to have computers available in schools and libraries to close the tech gap.

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hckynutjohn — Tue, 15 Dec 2015 23:18:42 GMT

Hi Noel,

Is the "No Child Left Behind" policy still in place? Years ago both my niece and her brother quit teaching because of this policy in their school district. She became an attorney and he went into skilled trades.

My Race Car partner was also a teacher across the river. He quit for the same reason and became an over-the-road truck driver. They all said it wasn't worth the battles with parents and their superiors.

None them regretted their decision.

hckynut(john)

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LTT1 — Tue, 15 Dec 2015 23:21:21 GMT

Students are "being graduated" because schools do not have the space to hold all of the students who did not REALLY earn high school level credits.

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151949 — Tue, 15 Dec 2015 23:25:06 GMT

Sadly, though, these days a high school education alone does not buy a kid very much of a future.

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Noel7 — Tue, 15 Dec 2015 23:26:03 GMT

@LTT1 wrote:
Students are "being graduated" because schools do not have the space to hold all of the students who did not REALLY earn high school level credits.

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@LTT1

loves, this report is dated two days ago:

"A rare, overwhelmingly bipartisan vote in Congress last week shepherded a wide-ranging measure that would replace the unpopular and controversial No Child Left Behind statute.

Now it's up to state education officials and school districts to carry over the provisions."

http://www.mcall.com/news/nationworld/pennsylvania/mc-pa-schools-congress-nclb-repeal-20151213-story.html

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ladyroxanne — Tue, 15 Dec 2015 23:26:18 GMT

@Noel7

thank you noel!

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Noel7 — Tue, 15 Dec 2015 23:27:05 GMT

@hckynutjohn wrote:
Hi Noel,

Is the "No Child Left Behind" policy still in place? Years ago both my niece and her brother quit teaching because of this policy in their school district. She became an attorney and he went into skilled trades.

My Race Car partner was also a teacher across the river. He quit for the same reason and became an over-the-road truck driver. They all said it wasn't worth the battles with parents and their superiors.

None them regretted their decision.

hckynut(john)

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Hi john @hckynutjohn

According to what I found, it's gone, gone, gone.

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MyGirlsMom — Tue, 15 Dec 2015 23:27:21 GMT

@hckynutjohn wrote:
Hi Noel,

Is the "No Child Left Behind" policy still in place? Years ago both my niece and her brother quit teaching because of this policy in their school district. She became an attorney and he went into skilled trades.

My Race Car partner was also a teacher across the river. He quit for the same reason and became an over-the-road truck driver. They all said it wasn't worth the battles with parents and their superiors.

None them regretted their decision.

hckynut(john)

@hckynutjohn I'm surprised your news channel didn't cover the story about "No Child Left Behind" being done away with just last week by the president.

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Noel7 — Tue, 15 Dec 2015 23:28:11 GMT

@LTT1 wrote:
Students are "being graduated" because schools do not have the space to hold all of the students who did not REALLY earn high school level credits.

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I haven't seen those reports, loves, do you have references to studies showing that is the reason?

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Noel7 — Tue, 15 Dec 2015 23:29:06 GMT

@151949 wrote:
Sadly, though, these days a high school education alone does not buy a kid very much of a future.

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I agree. Some can still make a good living or even a great one, but for the most part, no.

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LTT1 — Tue, 15 Dec 2015 23:30:28 GMT

@Noel7
Thanks I am interested to see how they solve this one! Will read. The NCLB act was in name only in TX (IMO) because at the SAME time state-mandated yearly assessment was instituted thereby causing CLB (Children left behind). I think it has been pretty much a mess. We need vocational training, IMO

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Noel7 — Tue, 15 Dec 2015 23:32:19 GMT

@LTT1 wrote:
@Noel7
Thanks I am interested to see how they solve this one! Will read. The NCLB act was in name only in TX (IMO) because at the SAME time state-mandated yearly assessment was instituted thereby causing CLB (Children left behind). I think it has been pretty much a mess. We need vocational training, IMO

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I agree. We have an excellent high school for vocational training, a friend of ours taught there for several years.

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hckynutjohn — Tue, 15 Dec 2015 23:40:24 GMT

@MyGirlsMom wrote:
@hckynutjohn wrote:
Hi Noel,

Is the "No Child Left Behind" policy still in place?

@hckynutjohn I'm surprised your news channel didn't cover the story about "No Child Left Behind" being done away with just last week by the president.

I don't watch our local news. Since we had to start paying "City Taxes", live outside the city limits and can't vote in City Elections? I lost interest in what they.

I DVR 4 Fox nightly shows and didn't hear it mentioned on any of them. Watched morning news also, didn't hear a thing.

hckynut(john)

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Noel7 — Wed, 16 Dec 2015 00:06:53 GMT

@hckynutjohn wrote:

I don't watch our local news. Since we had to start paying "City Taxes", live outside the city limits and can't vote in City Elections? I lost interest in what they.

I DVR 4 Fox nightly shows and didn't hear it mentioned on any of them. Watched morning news also, didn't hear a thing.

hckynut(john)

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@hckynutjohn

Mix in other channels, you will know more. No one channel has it all. You can also read the news online.

I strongly suggest setting up google news as your home page or just another site you visit. They have reports from MANY sources, including Fox, plus you can set up a section for your hometown news.

Also! You can choose news alerts by subject. I get science news, among others, you could get an entire section of the latest tech news or whatever.

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Cookie2025 — Wed, 16 Dec 2015 00:57:40 GMT

@hckynutjohn wrote:
Hi Noel,

Is the "No Child Left Behind" policy still in place? Years ago both my niece and her brother quit teaching because of this policy in their school district. She became an attorney and he went into skilled trades.

My Race Car partner was also a teacher across the river. He quit for the same reason and became an over-the-road truck driver. They all said it wasn't worth the battles with parents and their superiors.

None them regretted their decision.

hckynut(john)

I believe No Child Left Behind has been met its end.

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Cookie2025 — Wed, 16 Dec 2015 01:00:31 GMT

@LTT1 wrote:
Students are "being graduated" because schools do not have the space to hold all of the students who did not REALLY earn high school level credits.

Yep - I do know of two Kids who where pushed through. It actually gave one of the Kids the self-confidence to attend trade school.