Graduation Gap, Dropout Dance
U.S. to Require States to Use a Single School Dropout Formula NYT
The
adoption of a federal graduation formula would correct one of the most
glaring weaknesses of the federal No Child Left Behind law.
'Crisis' graduation gap found between cities, suburbs USA Today
The likelihood that a ninth-grader in one of
the nation's biggest cities will clutch a diploma four years later
amounts to a coin toss — not much better than a 50-50 chance, new
research finds.Cross into the suburbs, and the odds improve dramatically.
Report: Urban students face rough road to graduation CNN
Seventeen
of the nation's 50 largest cities had high school graduation rates
lower than 50 percent, with the lowest graduation rates reported in
Detroit, Michigan; Indianapolis, Indiana and Cleveland, Ohio, according
to a report released Tuesday.