Not exact matches
An LEA shall use these grant funds to support direct student services including: (1) a student's enrollment and participation in academic courses not otherwise available at the student's school; (2)
credit recovery and academic acceleration courses that lead to a regular high school diploma; (3) activities that assist students in successfully
completing postsecondary level instruction and examinations that are accepted
for credit at institutions of higher education; and (4) if applicable, transportation to allow a student enrolled in a low - performing school to transfer to another public school.
That's what critics call «
credit recovery» education programs, which are increasingly used at high schools across New York as a way
for struggling students to
complete coursework online or using workbooks in subjects they've previously failed or in which they've fallen behind.
Proponents, however, say
credit recovery is a miracle cure
for high school coursework, the way
for a student to
complete an entire class in just a week.
While LA Unified's projected graduation rate continues to tick up this spring as seniors
complete extra
credit recovery courses to make up those they previously failed, 30 percent of those the district considers «on track»
for graduation currently aren't because they are failing at least one A through G class.
The classes are part of a widening phenomenon called
credit recovery — a term that sounds more about erasing debt than advancing education but actually enables troubled students to get
credit for classes they've previously failed or didn't
complete.
You can call New Day
for your
complete credit recovery needs.