tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post7116604007513545351..comments2024-03-29T04:34:05.185-04:00Comments on CURMUDGUCATION: Four Years?Peter Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511193640285760299noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-70475679579130779062018-03-01T14:01:17.050-05:002018-03-01T14:01:17.050-05:00The school in my book, San Jose's Downtown Col...The school in my book, San Jose's Downtown College Prep, realized that kids with start 9th grade with 5th-grade (or lower) skills won't be college-ready in 4 years. Many are on "the 5-year plan" so they can earn an honest diploma. That lowers the official graduation rate. Joanne Jacobshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06801487780819716845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-62090095508719350102018-02-28T19:35:25.120-05:002018-02-28T19:35:25.120-05:00Universities usually look at the 6 year graduation...Universities usually look at the 6 year graduation rate. <br /><br />Some advocates of charter schools often point out that comparing the size of the freshman class to the size of the graduating class four years later as a measure of attrition is flawed for precisely the reasons pointed out here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-14643021330826035282018-02-28T15:17:07.702-05:002018-02-28T15:17:07.702-05:00Similar issue for high school pregnancies, where g...Similar issue for high school pregnancies, where girls sometimes take a year off with their babies, realize they need to get back into high school, and DO it. No reason that should be counted against a school either.<br /><br />But hey, Wonks gonna Wonk, I guess.CrunchyMamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14434606158400653601noreply@blogger.com