GOOD SCHOOLING

Good Schooling

Good Schooling

With regard to Jesse's problem the chronic academic underperformance and student failure of most American urban high schools are actually created by the antiquated way that schools evaluate student academic performance and award. The traditional system for evaluating student achievement has implications for urban high school students at every achievement level. A high school student failing a required class generally has three options: (a) repeat the course in summer school, (b) repeat the course the following year or semester (in addition to a full load of new courses), or (c) attend night school to make up the credit ...