Report: Half Of US Students In Big Cities Never Graduate
By newsdesk - Posted on April 3rd, 2008
01 April 2008 -- A new report says only about half of all students in the 50 largest U.S. cities graduate from high school.
According to a study released Tuesday by a research center and a group of education advocates, the city with the worst drop-out rate was Detroit in the midwestern state of Michigan, where only one quarter of students graduate from 12th grade.
Only one quarter of Detroit students graduate from 12th grade: Photo by Lauren (CC)
In New York City and Los Angeles, California about 45 percent of all students receive a high school diploma.
U.S. Secretary of Education, Margaret Spellings, Tuesday called the low graduation rate a "silent epidemic" that is far more likely to affect poor and minority students.
Source: VOA News
Bookmark/Search this post with:
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
Login to post comments
Related articles
- Michigan Governor Granholm Says New Schools Will Connect Students to Jobs
- More Michigan High Schools Not Making Adequate Yearly Progress
- Michigan Governor Granholm Celebrates Grand Opening of Henry Ford Early College High School
- Over 94 Percent Of High School Juniors Qualify For Michigan Promise Scholarship
- Education Secretary Margaret Spellings Announces $18.2 Million to Enhance Libraries in Low-Income Schools
Latest stories
- Colin Powell Endorses Barack Obama for President: Video from this morning's appearance on Meet the Press
- Keating Economics
- Pelosi: The Legislation Has Failed But the Crisis Has Not Gone Away; We Must Work in a Bipartisan Way to Pass New Legislation
- Congressman Hoyer Statement Following Vote on Emergency Economic Stabilization Act
- Senator McCaskill Calls for Greater Accountability on Wall Street
- Senator Bob Casey Statement on Bailout Bill
- Senator Hillary Clinton Calls for Bipartisan Action on Economic Crisis
- Congress Passes Obama, Murkowski, Allen Bill to Ban Dangerous Mercury Exports
- Barack Obama Statement on Financial Plan Breakthrough
- Barack Obama Calls on VA Secretary to Provide Critical Data on Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans to Improve Veterans Services
Yes We Can
Yes We Can:
