Chicago Demands College Acceptance In Order To Graduate From HS

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One out of four children enrolled in Chicago Public Schools does not graduate, and for some unknown reason, the city is trying to make it even harder to get a diploma. Starting in the next academic year, incoming freshmen will have to show that they have been accepted to a college, community college, trade school, apprenticeship, or branch of the military in honor to receive a diploma. This change was proposed by Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel.

From the Chicago Tribune:

Emanuel framed the new initiative as his latest move to get kids thinking early about continuing their learning beyond high school. But he also said it would be compulsory. "You won't be able to graduate ... unless you show that letter of acceptance to any one of the four outlets we talked about: college, community college, armed services or a trade," Emanuel said while speaking about the program on on "CBS This Morning" on WBBM Ch. 2.

It isn't yet clear how Chicago Public Schools would enforce such a rule, given that high school students are not required under the law to enroll in one of those organizations to graduate.

At a news conference Wednesday morning, Emanuel and Janice Jackson, chief education officer at CPS, characterized the acceptance letter requirement as a way to focus children all over the city on their post-high school plans.

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Seriously??

 

[william the wie]

Chicago can no longer afford public schools.

 

[JustAnotherNut]

Chicago can no longer afford public schools.

That's no reason to put this on the kids. At what 14? 15? How the heck do they know what they want to do after HS, they don't even know what they want to eat for dinner for goodness sake. And now force them to be enrolled in higher learning? College's don't even start looking at kids until they're 15/16??? Much less the college accept them. WTF??? Just getting the credits to graduate on time is hard enough.

 

[yiostheoy]

Saw this on the PBS New Hour.

They interviewed Ram Immanuel.

Seems like a dumb idea to me.

But whatever floats Ram's boat in Chicago is fair enough.

He is just trying to motivate the Negroes in Chicago to sign up for Army/Navy and git ta Hell out of Chicago. Or no diploma.

 

[DGS49]

This is a well intentioned but bizarre proposal. And that is all it is - a proposal that will go essentially nowhere. The bottom line is that Democrats want to see public education extended to 21 or 22 years old. More indoctrination means more Democrat votes, and then mayors like Rahm won't have to face the fact that young adults in Chicago are mainly unemployed and up to no good.