Today's Date: March 28, 2024
Guo Guangchang: "Focus on building sustainable, predictable and enterprise with stable profit growth "   •   PRIVATE SCHOOL VILLAGE (PSV) AWARDS INAUGURAL ELEMENTARY-SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIPS   •   The Lenserf Group Launches Emotional Intelligence Academy for HBCU Interns   •   Nutrex-Hawaii Introduces Its #1 Selling BioAstin® Hawaiian Astaxanthin® in a Retail-Ready, Sugar-Free, Vegan Gummy Forma   •   Netcracker Continues Its Support of the U.S. Paralympic Ski and Snowboard Team at Adaptive Spirit 2024   •   3EO Health Announces the First Point of Care Molecular Test Under $15   •   Cardinal Tobin Blesses New Open-Air Mausoleum of the Holy Spirit Site   •   Midea Group Breaks Revenue and Profit Records with RMB 373.7 Billion in 2023   •   Government of Canada signs two bilateral agreements with Quebec to support initiatives to improve health care   •   "SHAKIRA DESDE TIMES SQUARE," an Exclusive Special Taking Viewers Behind-the-Scenes of Shakira's Historic Surprise Performance i   •   EIG’s MidOcean Energy Completes Acquisition of Tokyo Gas’ Interests in Portfolio of Australian Integrated LNG Projec   •   SLB Announces Agreement to Acquire Majority Ownership in Aker Carbon Capture   •   Latest U.S. Soybean Field Trials by Texas Crop Science Deliver Average Yield Increase of More Than 20%   •   Lenzing strives to drive beneficial transformation across the value chain   •   Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas and Wells Fargo Bank Award $750K to CC Housing for Senior Affordable Housing Development   •   The Home Depot Announces Agreement to Acquire SRS Distribution, a Leading Specialty Trade Distributor Across Multiple Verticals;   •   Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine and Palantir Partner to Create Safe Conditions for In-Person Education in Schools   •   Stora Enso publishes Green and Sustainability-Linked Financing Report 2023   •   Parental avoidance of toxic exposures could help prevent autism, ADHD in children, new study shows   •   ADM Names Commonwealth Warehouse Inc. as a 2023 Supplier Award Winner
Bookmark and Share

LOWER STANDARDS FOR HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION SHORT-SIGHTED, DAMAGING TO STUDENT SUCCESS


 

Coalition of Civil Rights Organizations Points to Policies that Prepare Students for College and Work as Solution to Dropout Crisis

 

WASHINGTON — Legislation approved by Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal last week to lower academic standards for high school graduation from public schools is a disservice to the state’s students, the consequences of which will have long-term moral and economic implications, according to the Campaign for High School Equity (CHSE), a coalition of civil rights organizations advocating for high school education reform.

 

Only 62 percent of Louisiana’s students graduate from high school each year with a regular diploma, and in 2005, only 40 percent of black students, 47 percent of Hispanic students and 49 percent of Asian students graduated from high school compared to 63 percent of their white peers. The new program in Louisiana will allow students 15 and older to opt out of the standard curriculum with parental consent and would allow students in eighth grade to advance to ninth grade without passing the state standardized tests.

 

According to CHSE, lowering academic standards to increase graduation rates will disproportionately affect the state’s low-income and minority students, who will leave high school without the quality education they need to succeed in the modern workforce. The National Assessment of Educational Progress Reading Scores indicates that black and low-income eighth graders in Louisiana are more than two times as likely as their white peers to read below basic levels.

 

“If equality in education is truly a priority for this country, we need to admonish legislation that predetermines the future of a segment of students based on an idea that they cannot achieve,” said Michael Wotorson, executive director of the Campaign for High School Equity. “Governor Jindal’s actions are despicable; this law will lock students out of economic prosperity. Instead, we need to establish education policies in Louisiana and in every state that hold schools accountable for student success and provide every student with a high-quality education that prepares them for college and the modern workforce.”

 

Wotorson is available immediately for interviews on this topic.

 

For more information on CHSE’s policy priorities visit www.highschoolequity.org.

 

# # #

 

CHSE is a coalition of leading civil rights organizations representing communities of color that is focused on high school education reform. Members include the National Urban League, National Council of La Raza, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Education Fund, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, League of United Latin American Citizens, National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials Educational Fund, Alliance for Excellent Education, National Indian Education Association, and Southeast Asia Resource Action Center.

 

CHSE is a special project of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors.

  



Back to top
| Back to home page
Video

White House Live Stream
LIVE VIDEO EVERY SATURDAY
alsharpton Rev. Al Sharpton
9 to 11 am EST
jjackson Rev. Jesse Jackson
10 to noon CST


Video

LIVE BROADCASTS
Sounds Make the News ®
WAOK-Urban
Atlanta - WAOK-Urban
KPFA-Progressive
Berkley / San Francisco - KPFA-Progressive
WVON-Urban
Chicago - WVON-Urban
KJLH - Urban
Los Angeles - KJLH - Urban
WKDM-Mandarin Chinese
New York - WKDM-Mandarin Chinese
WADO-Spanish
New York - WADO-Spanish
WBAI - Progressive
New York - WBAI - Progressive
WOL-Urban
Washington - WOL-Urban

Listen to United Natiosns News