The Garden State’s high school graduation rate increased from 83% in 2011 to 86% in 2012, the second year the state is using new federal methodology for calculating the graduation rate. Meanwhile, School Improvement Grant (SIG) schools undergoing intensive turnarounds with the support of the New Jersey Department of Education on the whole made significant gains over the past two years.
The headline might be a bit misleading.
This isn’t what we’d think of as the classic definition of bullying.
In the first place, I don’t even think we’ve defined just what “bullying” is in this, the age of the anti- bullying mandate...
Temperatures in the mid 90s…heat index soaring over 100…people fainting, sweating, kids having to wear caps and gowns that attract the sun.
Brilliant idea…no?
Here are just a couple of things that happen when graduation ceremonies are held out in the heat...
More and more schools are banning cheering at graduation ceremonies. Arrests have been made and diplomas have been withheld over this. Yes, being happy for one of your kid's greatest accomplishments is now being frowned upon by the school system...
College students who are getting their diplomas this month should have a bit of an easier time getting a job than their recent counterparts, but it's still going to be tough.