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To: preacher

Any stats on results of the education system? Graduation rate, drop-out rate, cost per student, etc


62 posted on 07/22/2009 7:17:02 AM PDT by newfreep ("Liberalism is just Communism sold by the drink." - P.J. O'Rourke)
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To: newfreep

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/06/20/dobbs.graduation/index.html

Detroit Education Statistics
Detroit public school graduation rate is 24.9%

Source: Education Week’s Diploma’s Count: Ready for What? (Detroit Public School spokesman says the state education department figure is 67.8%)

Nationwide, 1.23 million high school seniors will not graduate this year.

Source: Education Week Detroit has highest poverty rate among 20 largest American cities and the Detroit median household income of $28,069 is the lowest among those cities.

Source: Census Bureau

Michigan jobless rate in May is 6.9%, highest in the nation. Michigan lost 28,700 jobs this year March through May.

Source: Bureau of Labor statistics analysis by MBG Information Services.


86 posted on 07/22/2009 8:10:15 AM PDT by preacher (A government which robs from Peter to pay Paul will always have the support of Paul.)
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