2008 May 07 | Rowsey Blog

A Two-Tiered Graduation System?

May 7, 2008

The Columbus Dispatch has a very interesting article to those of us that care about education in Ohio regarding the new Ohio CORE Curriculum.  According to an administrator of Columbus City Schools (formerly Columbus Public):

Columbus schools will have to hire more math teachers, modernize their science labs and increase the number of counselors to prepare students for the state’s new graduation requirements, a district administrator told the school board last night.

As a both a secondary and post-secondary educator, I am familiar with the new Core requirements.  What I did not know before reading this article was that three state colleges will be exempted from requiring these Core standards for matriculation purposes.  They include Central State, Youngstown State and Shawnee State.

I find this quite interesting that students that could not meet the general requirements to attend a state university might have a chance to attend one of these three schools and earn a college degree.  Will these three schools now be considered the “dummy schools” in Ohio?

When do we stop fooling ourselves that college is for every student?  It certainly is not and we shouldn’t be setting at-risk kids up for failure.

Posted by Jason Rowsey | Filed Under Politics | 1 Comment