[patton]

Sorry, the graduation rate (% of entering 8th graders recieving diplomas four years later) for DC is 59%.

http://www.torres4bpt.com/pdf/cr_baeo.pdf

[theBuckwheat]

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Sorry, the graduation rate (% of entering 8th graders recieving diplomas four years later) for DC is 59%.
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My comment was based on the *proficiency* of students at their grade level in each subject area. A student can graduate without being proficient in every area.

I was raising the issue of the total cost of educating one youth. It is astoundingly high. It is even higher if you insist that student be proficient, even as measured by the dumbed-down public school idea of proficiency.