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Article: Low graduation rates in many city schools
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- Redlands Daily Facts
- Article date:
- April 1, 2008
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WASHINGTON - 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, Indianapolis and Cleveland,
according to a report released Tuesday.
The report, issued by America's Promise Alliance, found that
about half of the students served by public school systems in the
nation's largest cities receive diplomas. Students in suburban and
rural public high schools were more likely to graduate than their
counterparts in urban public high schools, the researchers said.
Nationally, about 70 percent of U.S. students graduate on time
with a regular diploma and about 1.2 million students drop out
annually.
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