What does this news mean for the Oakland Unified School District, where the graduation rate in 2013 was 63 percent? From POLITICO: High school graduation rate could hit 90 percent The improvement has been driven by steep gains among African-American and Hispanic students and by progress in shutting down hundreds of troubled urban schools dubbed “dropout factories.” And it’s not confined to one region of the country. Rural states such as Iowa, Vermont and Nebraska are among the best at keeping kids in school until graduation — but other top performers include Texas, Tennessee and Missouri, all of which serve large numbers of low-income students in densely populated cities. Read more: politico/story/2014/04/high-school-graduation-rate-could-hit-90-percent-106085.html#ixzz30I1KnYUT Read more: politico/story/2014/04/high-school-graduation-rate-could-hit-90-percent-106085.html#ixzz30I14Xrsp
Posted on: Tue, 29 Apr 2014 23:00:01 +0000
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