LA Schools May Lower Graduation Standards To Curb Dropouts

LOS ANGELES (CBS) — Officials with the Los Angeles Unified School District were considering a plan on Wednesday that would require all students to take advanced courses and earn at least a “C” in order to graduate.

The proposal is part of the district’s effort to make every LAUSD graduate meet the minimum standards for admission to University of California and Cal State University Systems.

The change would require students graduating in 2016 [...]

Free condoms for 12-year-old students as school committee approves controversial policy

Freebies: A school committee has passed a vote to hand out condoms to students in middle and high schools

 

Students as young as twelve could soon have access to free condoms at schools across a town in Massachusetts, thanks to a controversial new policy. 

The Springfield School Committee has given first-step approval to the new measure – aimed at preventing teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases.

The committee cast five votes to one [...]