When Learning Doesn't Travel: Partial Credit, Equity, and the Gaps in Our System, (Paperback)

A student completes the work--but doesn't get the credit. <p>Across the United States, thousands of students lose academic credit every year--not because they failed to learn, but because their learning was never fully recognized. When students transfer mid-semester--especially foster youth, students experiencing homelessness, and those involved in the juvenile justice system--their progress is often fragmented, delayed, or erased entirely. </p><p>This is not a rare exception.<br>It is a system failure. </p><p>When Learning Doesn't Travel exposes a hidden breakdown in education systems: <br>credit loss caused by inconsistent processes, not lack of student effort. </p><p>Drawing on real case studies, education policy, and decades of leadership experience, Dr. Milisav Ilic shows how partial credit policies--designed to protect students--often fail in practice. The result is a quiet erosion of opportunity that affects graduation rates, equity outcomes, and long-term student success. </p><p>WHAT YOU'LL LEARN<br>Why students lose credits when transferring schools<br>How partial credit laws are inconsistently implemented<br>The impact of student mobility on graduation and equity<br>How reliance on discretion creates systemic inequities<br>Practical strategies to ensure credit recovery and recognition<br>A clear framework for building equitable, student-centered systems </p><p>A NEW WAY TO THINK ABOIUT EDUCATION<br>This book challenges a common assumption: <br>that opportunity in education is earned solely through performance.<br>Instead, it reveals a deeper truth: <br>Opportunity is determined by whether systems consistently recognize learning.<br>When recognition fails, students fall behind--not academically, but structurally. </p><p>FROM A PROBLEM TO A SOLUTION<br>This is not just a critique--it is a practical guide.<br>Using a continuous improvement approach, When Learning Doesn't Travel provides tools and strategies for educators and leaders to: <br>Standardize credit recognition processes<br>Eliminate gaps in transcript evaluation<br>Align policy with daily practice<br>Ensure learning is applied consistently across schools </p><p>WHO THIS BOOK IS FOR<br>School administrators and district leaders<br>Principals and assistant principals<br>Counselors and student services professionals<br>Education policymakers and advocates<br>Anyone working to improve equity in education </p><p>WHY THIS BOOK MATTERS<br>When learning doesn't travel, students lose time they can never recover.<br>When systems fail, opportunity becomes conditional.<br>But when systems are designed intentionally--<br>learning counts, progress continues, and outcomes improve. </p><p>KEY TAKEAWAY<br>Students are not failing.<br>Systems are failing to recognize them.<br>If you care about graduation, equity, and building education systems that actually work--<br>this book provides the insight and tools to make learning count, everywhere, every time.</p>

• When Learning Doesn't Travel: Partial Credit, Equity, and the Gaps in Our System, (Paperback)
• Author: Milisav ILIC Ed D
• ISBN: 9798317842383
• Format: Paperback
• Publication Date: 2026-07-22
• Page Count: 176