Chicago Mandates Students Having A 'Plan' To Graduate

[WhatInThe]

To get a high school diploma/graduate in Chicago the students must have a 'plan' in order to graduate which includes future enrollment in school of somekind, the military or having a job.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/loca...611861a988f_story.html?utm_term=.05beb434b009

I don't see this policy lasting very long. Unless the school system itself can guarantee there will be jobs to apply for or schools that will accept the students how can they enforce a policy they can't back up or actually don't have final say in such as the hiring decisions of the business world.

 

[hauntedtexan]

Shouldn't the schools make sure their graduates can read first? http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article...79-chicago-8th-graders-not-proficient-reading

 

[WhatInThe]

Shouldn't the schools make sure their graduates can read first? http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article...79-chicago-8th-graders-not-proficient-reading

Exactly, School should be gaining the tools to form and execute a 'plan'. The school's job is education, what the student/graduate does with that is on them. That is one of the final lessons that need to be taught, not tell me what you are going to do.

 

[Butterfly]

When I was still working, we hired summertime help, and I was amazed at how poor their English skills were. These kids were high school seniors, from regular middle class schools, not ESL students, and almost none of them could compose a reasonable sentence; their grammar and syntax were horrible, and don't even ask about spelling. I would get completely unintelligible phone messages. I don't know what's gone wrong in our schools, but something sure has; maybe it's the everybody gets a prize thing, maybe it's the electronic communication thing. What I do know, though, is that it is going to be very hard for these kids to find and hold a decent job without basic communication skills.

 

[Wayne]

Most jails have programs teaching reading wonder if those apply here? We had some of those in the service that could not be given any jobs where anyone could be hurt as they usually could not learn to do them.

This program will fail fast as most others have there.

 

[Don M.]

Chicago...I wonder if this program offers any insight into which is the Best street gang to join???

 

[drifter]

Well that in it's self would have kept me from graduating.

 

[drifter]

Chicago...I wonder if this program offers any insight into which is the Best street gang to join???

I think that's determined mostly by neighborhood.