Education Funding Task Force debates validity of graduation rate against plummeting college readiness - The Sentinel

Education Funding Task Force debates validity of graduation rate against plummeting college readiness - The Sentinel

Celebration of a stunning increase in a one-year graduation rate at Wichita Southeast High School came crashing down as reports surfaced of grade tampering leading to the five percentage point rise in graduation numbers. The high school principal was removed, and the district issued a statement assuring patrons that this wrongdoing was confined to the 2024-25 school year: “…Recently, some anomalies at Southeast High School came to light. Distric…

Kansas education funding task force debates validity of graduation rate vs. plummeting college readiness

(The Sentinel) – The celebration of a stunning increase in a one-year graduation rate at Southeast High School in Wichita, Kansas, came crashing down as reports surfaced of grade tampering leading to the five percentage point rise in graduation numbers. The high school principal was removed, and the district issued a statement assuring patrons that this wrongdoing was confined to the 2024-25 school year: “…Recently, some anomalies at Southeast H…