After Gipson's progress report
on the credit recovery program to the LA Unified school board's Committee of the Whole on Feb. 23, board members had mostly positive things to say.
New York City has imposed a significant
crackdown on credit recovery because it was being abused by so many high schools and the program will be severely curtailed after this summer.
Graduation coaches are often based out of an office or a classroom, working with students one on one or in groups
focused on credit recovery, mini-lessons, and / or study skills in a friendly, welcoming environment.
Until this corruption has been eradicated, diplomas that are awarded
based on credit recovery should have a reduced status to legitimately earned high school diplomas.
The district spent $ 15 million
on credit recovery programs in each of the last two years, including on online options — the rigor of which has been questioned after it was discovered students could test out of much of a course if they can score 60 percent on a pre-test.
Depending on the time of year, Cook High School has between 4 - 40 students actively
working on credit recovery, often with disparate needs and moving at their own pace.