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Article: Report: Low graduation rates in many city school districts
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- Capital (Annapolis)
- Article date:
- April 1, 2008
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) - 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 today.
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