In D.C., 34 Percent Of Graduates Received A Diploma Against District Policy
“More than 900 students in Washington D.C.’s public high schools graduated last year against district policy. That’s according to a new report Monday from the D.C. Office of the State Superintendent. The comprehensive report was ordered by D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser in December, just days after WAMU and NPR published an investigative story looking into how students at Ballou High School were able to graduate last year despite missing months of school. ‘We are tremendously disappointed,’ Bowser said about the findings at a news conference Monday.”