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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I dont understand something ....if you know Democrats are going to lower standards continuously why do you keep voting them into office Virginia????  Creating "equity" is code for lowering standards.  This is a fact not an opinion.[/quote]

But it's not with the new diploma proposal. Instead they are eliminating the weak standard diploma that let schools off the hook for not expecting students (particularly Black, Hispanic, and Special Ed) to take all core subjects for all four years. Certainly it will be a challenge to get some to pass all the classes they need but it will show up in graduation rates if they fail. [/quote]

They are eliminating the advanced diploma, which has more core class requirements and 3 years of a foreign language.

They are NOT bringing up the standard diploma to require all students to take the foreign language.

One one thing the dem VA dept of education did very recently, in the past 2 years, is to require all higg school students to take sequential electives.

They must take a beginner class, then level 2.

So if a kid is qualified for advanced orchestra as a freshman, they must take the lower level for one year before they can do the level they are qualified to do, in order to fulfill the state requirement of sequential electives.

The same goes in reverse.  If you have a kid who just loves choir, but sings like a toad, they can no linger just enjoy singing by taking beginning chorus.  It won't fulfill their sequential electives graduation requirements.  They cannot just stay in the beginning choir for 4 years doing something they love.  Either the teacher has to promote them to something they are unqualified for, or they need to find another elective they might not find as enriching, so they can check off the sequential elective box.

If you have a high school kid with a variety of interests who is exploring where their strengths lie, they can no longer explore a variety of electives.

For example, I was a dabbler in high school.  I took a different kind of elective every year and had an enriching experience exploring different things.  I did theater, drawing, pottery, typing, choir (same beginning level both years) sewing and some business class.  I dabbled and was a better student for having the opportunity to explore different things.

The sequential elective requirement decreed by this VA department of education has eliminated one of the most beneficial and enriching parts of the high school experience.

The VA department of education in recent years has been run by a bunch of anti education idiots.[/quote]

Curious independent here: does "in recent years" correlate to "years with a Democratic governor?"[/quote]

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