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Chicago mayor: No high school diploma without acceptance letter

Chicago high school students may soon need to create a plan for their future in order to graduate.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel appeared on “CBS This Morning” on Wednesday to discuss his new proposal, which would require students to develop a post-high school plan before receiving a diploma.

Chicago would be the first city to adopt such a requirement if the measure is approved by the city’s board of education.

“We live in a period of time where you earn what you learn,” Emanuel said. “The school system of K through 12 is not applicable to the world and the economy and the world that our high school students are graduating to. So we’re moving to a pre-K to college model.”

Under the proposal, all Chicago Public School students starting with this year’s freshman class would have to show an acceptance letter to a four-year university, a community college, a trade school or apprenticeship, an internship, or a branch of the armed services in order to receive their high school diploma.

“Around 62 percent of our kids are already either accepted into college or accepted into community college, and our goal is to make sure nobody spikes the ball at 12th grade,” Emanuel said on Wednesday. “We want to make 14th grade universal. That’s the new goal line.”

Chicago Public Schools students would have to show acceptance into continuing education, a trade or the armed services in order to graduate from high school.
Emanuel said the plan is a continuation of the city’s efforts to provide more access to higher education, including free community college for students with a B average or better.

“We want to make sure our kids do not see graduation from high school as the end point, but all of them have a plan and all of them have a specific acceptance on how to go to post-high-school education,” Emanuel said.

The plan would allow students in special circumstances to waive the requirement. Undocumented immigrants, English language learners and currently incarcerated students would be able to apply for a waiver with Chicago Public Schools.



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I felt like I was reading an Onion article. Sadly, I wasn't. What if a female wants to be a housewife and raise kids? What if someone just wants to volunteer in the community, their church, or with the Peace Corps? What if someone needs to work part time while taking care of a family member who is sick? No more personal choice! Do what the government says and be happy doing it.

 

How about fixing the f***ing problem with your K-12 instead of putting more responsibility (aka debt) on the kids' shoulders?

F***ing disgraceful.

 

The stupidest idea ever

 

I don't know about that. Have you seen the new Pepsi commercial? NO2:

 

Honestly, the Pepsi commercial was amazing...granted for the same reasons that Jupiter Ascending was amazing...completely unintentional comedy.

As for the proposal. It does read like something straight from the Onion.