The Christian Science Monitor (www.csmonitor.com)has a story today that discusses the merits of Louisiana's new "career diploma" legislation expected to be signed into law by Gov. Bobby Jindal. Stacy Teicher Khadaroo, wrote the story and does a good job of presenting both sides of the issue. From the article: Advocates of the new diploma option say it will keep more struggling students in school and will prepare them for jobs, technical training, or community college. Critics doubt the curriculum will be strong enough to accomplish such goals and say it shortchanges students in the long run, given the projections that a large number of future jobs will require a college degree.
Read it all and decide for yourself here. We covered this earlier here with links to The Advocate and Times-Picayune coverage of the issue.
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