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LAUSD Considers Lowering Student Standards
Under current rules, at least two-thirds of LAUSD tenth graders are not on track to graduate in 2017. A rule passed in 2012 requires that high school students pass college prep courses with a C grade or better in order to graduate. The plan was intended to create a more college-ready group of kids, but it hasn’t quite worked out that way.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readUnder current rules, at least two-thirds of LAUSD tenth graders are not on track to graduate in 2017. A rule passed in 2012 requires that high school students pass college prep courses with a C grade or better in order to graduate. The plan was intended to create a more college-ready group of kids, but it hasn’t quite worked out that way. So tomorrow, the school board will consider whether to lower the grade requirement from a C to a D. Why aren’t students making the grade?
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1 of 5Lowering L.A. Student Standards, Leaving New Delhi and 'Dietland'- 0:00LAUSD Considers Lowering Student StandardsYou’re reading this
- 7:17The Morality of Debt
- 15:29Leaving New Delhi
- 25:06'Dietland'
- 40:57TV Roundup: 'Sense8' Premieres and 'Entourage' Flops in Big Screen Transition