Has the High School Diploma Lost All Meaning?

Has the High School Diploma Lost All Meaning?
Greg Wohlford/Erie Times-News via AP

Last week, an NPR affiliate threw super-cooled water on D.C.'s Ballou High School's so-called success in graduating 64 percent of its seniors, and earning every senior, regardless of whether they graduated, college acceptance. Turns out that, although 164 students were granted diplomas, more than half of those who walked across the graduation stage tallied at least sixty days of unexcused school absences, and one cap-and-gown wearer recorded more than 150.

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