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It's not that drop out rates are below 50% in "inner cities"; it's below 50% in cities period. [View All]

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Tue Apr-01-08 02:32 PM
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It's not that drop out rates are below 50% in "inner cities"; it's below 50% in cities period.

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This is being played off like there are certain gang-infested neighborhoods that have lower than 50% graduation rates. No. It's CITYWIDE. As in all of NYC put together. All of Los Angeles. About 27% of high school students are dropping out of school in the suburbs.

So in a few years, 1/3 of the population of the US won't have high school diplomas. Now that's hopeful.

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