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Only 1 of 2 students graduate high school in US cities: study
Breitbart.com ^ | Apr 1 02:46 PM US/Eastern | unknown

Posted on 04/01/2008 1:17:31 PM PDT by rocksblues

Three out of 10 US public school students do not graduate from high school, and major city school districts only graduate one out of two students, according to a study released Tuesday.

In a report on graduation rates around the country, the EPE Research Center and the America Promise Alliance also showed that the high school graduation rate -- finishing 12 grades of school -- in big cities falls to as low as just 34.6 percent in Baltimore, Maryland, and barely over 40 percent for the troubled Ohio cities of Columbus and Cleveland.

And it said that black and native American student's have effectively a one-in-two chance of getting a high school diploma.

"Our analysis finds that graduating from high school in America's largest cities amounts, essentially, to a coin toss," the study said.

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Government; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: atriskstudents; education; liberals; publicschools; teens
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Surprise, Surprise. Pour the money into the Big Cities, yet the kids don't care.
1 posted on 04/01/2008 1:17:31 PM PDT by rocksblues
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To: rocksblues

It’s not the kids really, it’s their parents’ lack of values.


2 posted on 04/01/2008 1:18:39 PM PDT by mtbopfuyn (The fence is "absolutely not the answer" - Gov. Rick Perry (R, TX))
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To: rocksblues

Obviously we are not spending enough! /s/


3 posted on 04/01/2008 1:19:15 PM PDT by henkster (I'm a typical white guy.)
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To: rocksblues

Better throw more money at it! /s


4 posted on 04/01/2008 1:19:32 PM PDT by MarineBrat (My wife and I took an AIDS vaccination that the Church offers.)
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To: mtbopfuyn

I agree!


5 posted on 04/01/2008 1:19:43 PM PDT by rocksblues (Folks we are in trouble, "Mark Levin" 03/26/08)
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To: rocksblues

MSM has been hawking this news all day. As if it is news. In other news, Oprah is back up to 260.


6 posted on 04/01/2008 1:19:44 PM PDT by RightWhale (Clam down! avoid ataque de nervosa)
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To: rocksblues

It’s not the kids that need to care, it’s their parents.

And when the fedgov is a “no strings attached” sugar daddy, there’s really no reason to care about how your kids turn out.


7 posted on 04/01/2008 1:20:29 PM PDT by MrB (You can't reason people out of a position that they didn't use reason to get into in the first place)
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Heard on the radio this morning that it's 1 out of 4 finish high school in the Detoilet, MI public school system.
8 posted on 04/01/2008 1:20:38 PM PDT by ASA Vet (Do we want Huma answering the White House phone at 3:00 AM?)
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To: rocksblues

You give them books and they eat the covers.


9 posted on 04/01/2008 1:21:04 PM PDT by armymarinemom (My sons freed Iraqi and Afghan Honor Roll students.)
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To: rocksblues

Well you spend your life in liberal promulgated poverty and crime, I can see where it would difficult to keep to one’s studies.


10 posted on 04/01/2008 1:21:26 PM PDT by Slapshot68
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I heard on the news that, in Detroit, less than a third (I think it was 20 some %) graduate.

So much for the ‘Leadership' of Kwame Kilpatrick and his band of corrupt thugs in “Moving the City forward”.

11 posted on 04/01/2008 1:21:47 PM PDT by TCats (The Clintons Are Not Just Wrong - They Are Certifiable AND Dangerous! See my Page)
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To: MarineBrat

Here’s how ALL issues evolve in which “liberalism” is involved:

1) There is a discomfort that a few in our society are experiencing due to their lifestyle choices.
2) Libs aim to alleviate this discomfort (CONSEQUENCE) by making everyone else pay for it.
3) Libs are surprised to find out that there is a much higher occurrence of the lifestyle choice leading to the consequence.
4) Libs demand more money to address the “crisis”.


12 posted on 04/01/2008 1:22:35 PM PDT by MrB (You can't reason people out of a position that they didn't use reason to get into in the first place)
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To: armymarinemom

Lately it’s been the teachers. lol


13 posted on 04/01/2008 1:23:01 PM PDT by lakeman
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And it said that black and native American student's have effectively a one-in-two chance of getting a high school diploma

Wow, so it is just a roll of the dice I guess. Not up to the individual at all.

14 posted on 04/01/2008 1:23:48 PM PDT by doodad
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1 in 2 would be a record year for the school I graduated from!!!
The inner-city school I graduated from was and still is graduating on average 15% of its students.


15 posted on 04/01/2008 1:23:53 PM PDT by Fox_Mulder77
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To: rocksblues

Over a billion dollars was poured into the Kansas City, Missouri school system by order of a federal judge. Some outstanding facilities were built but it didn’t help the students’ education.


16 posted on 04/01/2008 1:24:13 PM PDT by em2vn
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To: rocksblues

No child left behind, even if it is unable to spell its own name.


17 posted on 04/01/2008 1:26:07 PM PDT by 353FMG (Vote for the Candidate who will do the least damage to our country.)
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To: rocksblues

So where do the 1/2 of those that don’t graduate vanish to?


18 posted on 04/01/2008 1:26:33 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
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To: lakeman
Lately it’s been the teachers. lol

And the parents.

19 posted on 04/01/2008 1:27:35 PM PDT by armymarinemom (My sons freed Iraqi and Afghan Honor Roll students.)
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To: lakeman
Lately it’s been the teachers. lol

And the parents.

20 posted on 04/01/2008 1:27:38 PM PDT by armymarinemom (My sons freed Iraqi and Afghan Honor Roll students.)
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