San Diego Unified Quietly Watered Down Its Graduation Requirements

San Diego Unified Quietly Watered Down Its Graduation Requirements

In 2011, San Diego Unified officials voted to do something big: They made it harder to graduate high school.  That may strike many as odd. After all, people often evaluate school districts by graduation rates. Enhancing graduation standards could negatively impact that metric. But too many kids were graduating without achieving the minimum requirements  to go on to college. The new requirements raised the bar and evened the playing field, giving…