[SmithL]

the state constitutional right is for an education, not a diploma

BINGO!

[Signalman]

20,000 birdcage liners. That's about the only value
these diplomas will have.

Oh well, the world needs ditchdiggers and burger flippers too.

[AD from SpringBay]

The kids have been schooled, they have not been educated. Doesn't matter to mama guv'mint - just go ahead and celebrate failure and the power of the judge!

[docbnj]

The 20,000 did not complete the requirements, but the demand is that they be given diplomas anyway.

I suspect that all through their "education," these students have failed but have been passed on to the next level. Their education is probably next to worthless.

I like the suggestion that all kids in California simply be given diplomas at birth. It would save much expense, and would give the youngsters more free time.

[Enchante]

Give everyone in CA a roll of toilet paper with h.s. diploma printed on each sheet. That way, everyone can have theirs with no fuss, no effort, and they'll know exactly what it's WORTH.

[toddlintown]

Q. Do you speak EnglisH?

A. Que?

Congratulations!

[MPJackal]

"deciding whether to give diplomas -- at least for now -- to more than 20,000 students"

If they get them now it is over. So an employer use to be able to hire someone with a H.S. Diploma and think the kid would be able to write and do some math. Not any more. That is just asking to much of kids to expect them to go to school and learn. The NEA hates the test because it forces the lazy teachers to actually work. The good teachers I know don't seem to mind ex-exams.

[yankeedame]

All you're doing is sending them out into the world with a piece of paper, but not an education,'' he said

Begging your pardon, Your Honor, but giving these kids diplomas will be an education -- for everyone.

[Political Junkie Too]

I believe that this story ties into yesterday's story, Affirmative-Action Update: Where Are All the Black Students?

Of nearly 10,000 black students who graduated from Los Angeles County high schools this past June, just 1 percent will attend UCLA... This year, black enrollment at UCLA will be the lowest in more than three decades—a 57 percent decline since 1996.

Do you think college enrollment is down because High School graduates aren't qualified to attend?

-PJ

[KarlInOhio]

I've only been in Kookifornia a couple of times and never attended school there. Can I get a diploma anyway? I haven't met any of their graduation requirements, but why does that matter?

[TheBattman]

Here's one for you-

The US Dept. of Education is still witholding approval of several state's exit exams and end-of-course exams because they say they may be too easy.

All this brought to you by NCLB....

And yet in California - who is trying to implement the requirements now faces a judge who may very well undo the requirment to pass such exams.

Does anyone else see the problems that come when the government tries to run (in the ground?) education?

A simple comparison of public schools before the government (at all levels) decided they knew better how to run schools to today's schools will open the eyes!

And before someone tries to say I am just crying about integration - do a little more checking. Integration was just a door for the government, particularly the federal government, to come in.

Anyone read Frank Peretti? Many of his books at least touch on what I believe is the REAL reason our public schools have eroded into the immoral septic tanks they have become.

[bannie]

The lawsuit argues that not all had equal learning opportunities

HOW can you provide EQUAL opportunities? There are so many individual factors!

A good start would be for the kids to ATTEND EVERY DAY OF SCHOOL.