High school graduation rate hits 78.2 percent, highest since 1974 (surge in Hispanic rate)

Yahoo! News ^ | 1/22/13 | James B. Kelleher - Reuters

[truth_seeker]

Good remarks.

[headstamp 2]

It’s amazing all the rosy press we are hearing now over the last few days. Everything is being solved right before our eyes.

Or could it be a sycophantic media trying to boost the man child’s agenda.

As far as any report from a government agency, it isn’t worth the paper it’s printed on.

[LifeComesFirst]

Pat yourselves on the back, schooling industrial complex, you’ve lowered standards enough to make the typical HS diploma so worthless its only function is to screen out non-hackers for low-skill jobs.

And even then its usefulness is born solely from its ability to gauge attendance.

[Nemoque]

You hit the nail on the head. If you lower the standards enough, you can pass just about anyone. All that this means is that a high school diploma isn’t worth the paper that it’s written on.

[wac3rd]

If you lower the hoop to 7 feet, there will be a lot more Michael Jordan’s.

[Cronos]

Across the United States, four-year graduation rates were highest for students of Asian and Pacific-Islander heritage at 93.5 percent, .. white students at 83 percent, and Hispanic students at 71.4 percent, according to the study. American Indian and Alaskan Native students graduated .. 69.1 percent, .. black students at 66.1 percent,...

well, the testing is getting too easy.

Kids passing high school should know not only basic math (arith + algebra) but also calculus to some extent (more for the math-aptitute, less for the linguistic), should know their country's history and a brief knowledge of world history pre-1900 and a good knowledge of world history since 1900, they should know geography and the US constitution. They should know middle level science and should know proper English (able to read and report on 19th century novels) and at least one other language.

Simplifying to make it easier to pass is not the way