While online classes, remedial and otherwise, have tremendous
potential, the fact that about 80% of students enter California's
community colleges deficient in English and math should set off alarms.
Graduation rates are indeed the prime measure of progress, but a high school education that doesn't educate just gives you a certificate that is not only worthless in the marketplace but devalues graduates who have earned their diplomas.
Read more at : http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/letters/la-le-0711-thursday-online-education-20130711,0,3046712.story
Graduation rates are indeed the prime measure of progress, but a high school education that doesn't educate just gives you a certificate that is not only worthless in the marketplace but devalues graduates who have earned their diplomas.
Read more at : http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/letters/la-le-0711-thursday-online-education-20130711,0,3046712.story
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