Billy's+Annotated+Bibliography

http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2015/06/22/detroit-charter-ap-graduation-requirement-college/29115277/
 * 1) Higgins, L. (2015, June 23). Get into college or you can't leave high school. //Detroit Free Press//, p. 1.

Higgins describes a situation where students will be required to be accepted into at least two colleges before even being permitted to graduate. while Higgins seems to be attempting to remain bias, it is still clear where she stands on the issue. She describes the new rules as tough, and uses words like “forced” the refer to the way students are being handled. Higgins mentions, reluctantly, the upsides about the new regime coming to Detroit schools. My person reaction to this article was complete aw. while reading about the new rules and the “AP courses” being implemented, i was just shocked to see how ridiculous Graduation requirements are becoming. Firstly, plenty of high schoolers don’t even intend on attending college after school. let alone even bothering to apply. Second, higher education should be a choice, not something that is forced on children.


 * 1) Johnson, D., Bremer, C., Cosio, A., & Thurlow, M. (n.d.). High School Graduation Requirements and Students with Disabilities. //Learning Disabilities Online,// 1-1. Retrieved November 28, 2015, from http://www.ldonline.org/article/12056

In this article the authors establish a fairly even balance between the positives and negatives of standardized texting and graduation requirements. They state the pros and cons of of graduation requirements and support their opinions with evidence. The article does however emphasize the importance of disabled children in conjunction to graduation requirements. the authors voice their concerns for disabled students not being able to graduate because of certain requirements. I was a little disappointed in this source because it didn't really list many different types of GR’s (graduation Requirements) however this article does give a good explanation of what exactly a graduation requirement it. So even tho I didn’t get what I was initially looking for in this article, I still found good information.

3)Nelson, L., & Turnbull, A. (202). Students with Disabilities and Graduation Exit Exams: Leveling the Playing Field. //The Exceptional Parent,// //33//(11), 5-5.

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These authors wrote extensively about how overdone and extensive the “core 40 program” is. The article displays information about one student with disabilities trying desperately to survive the school system just to graduate and become a historian at a museum. The authors tell of how relentless the system is and that it is too strenuous for even non disabled children. My reaction to this piece was to feel inspired while also wanting to do something about the predicament. It seems like more and more pressure is being put on children each year and there isn’t much to be done about it. Every time a new law is passed to make things better, it just gets worse. Take Educate america act, for example. 4) Asayesh, G. (1991, July 31). Md. pushes change in diploma requirements. //THE BALTIMORE SUN//. http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1991-07-31/news/1991212045_1_graduation-requirements-core-courses-board-members  The author of this entry, Gelareh Asayesh, speaks of the new graduation requirements with discontent. Asayesh uses words like “stringent” to describe the requirements. while also describing them as “Hurdles” as if the GR’s are a force that must be overcome, in order to “win” a high school diploma. he continues throughout the entire article to use more negative words to describe the GR’s.  I find that I agree with Asayesh on his opinion of this New GR. The GR’s are just adding more ridiculous work load to the students to have to manage. most students struggle as it is to complete the standard credits to graduate high school.

5) Reid, C., Thurlow, M., & Ysseldyke, J. (1997, December 1). High school graduation requirements for students with disabilities. Retrieved November 22, 2015, from http://web.b.ebscohost.com.uri.idm.oclc.org/ehost/detail/detail?vid=5&sid=da24bcf6-5cac-4a50-a052-6a9a09576839@sessionmgr110&hid=101&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZSZzY29wZT1zaXRl#AN=507600951&db=eft

The authors of this journal really go into detail about how disadvantaged disabled children are due to graduation requirements. They Seem genuinely upset about the way graduation requirements suppress the abilities of some students. Because of Graduation Requirements more and more students are not graduating and receiving their diplomas. I mostly found the same stuff in this source as I did in others. mostly i was just happy to finally see a reputable source that listed all of the main types of graduation requirements. I of course believed in what the authors had to say. lastly is was a pretty good source for informing me more about the topic as a whole.