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Many pathways to a diploma, but are students really prepared?
Washington state traded its exit exam for multiple graduation pathways, but still has 20% of students who aren't on track for a diploma.

Joanne Jacobs
Jun 52 min read
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No-zero grading lets no-show students graduate: 'Just crazy'
Passing students who don't show up regularly or do the work is "just crazy," says an "A" students -- and many of her teachers in Chicago.

Joanne Jacobs
May 283 min read
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Dumb and dumber: NY rethinks Regents exams
New York students will be able to graduate from high school without passing Regents exams, the state education department proposes....

Joanne Jacobs
Nov 16, 20232 min read
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It's summer school or else for would-be fourth graders in Tennessee
Thousands of Tennessee children will be going to summer school -- or repeating third grade, reports Chalkbeat's Marta W. Aldrich. Sixty...

Joanne Jacobs
May 30, 20232 min read
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