Well, this seems problematic.
Beginning with the class of 2020, seniors in Chicago’s public school system will not be given their high school diplomas unless they provide proof of a post-graduate plan, such as a college acceptance letter or enrollment in the military. But what is being pushed as a motivational initiative to get kids to make concrete plans for their futures ignores a host of issues that make an already difficult path to graduation for some teens even more challenging and, indeed, demoralizing.
