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
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