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January 27, 2012

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January 18, 2012

Editorial: W. Sac charter school needs to be watched
January 11, 2012

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November 28, 2011

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CO Graduation Rates Improving
January 29, 2012 | KJCT ABC 8 Grand Junction

Front and Center: The State of DPS
September 05, 2011 | WJBK FOX 2 Detroit, MI

New numbers showing dropout rates
August 13, 2011 | KGET NBC 17 Bakersfield

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High School Graduation and Dropout Data
March 15, 2012
March 15, 2012 - The California State Auditor released the following report today, 2011-117, High School Graduation and Dropout Data: HIGHLIGHTS Our review of...

Minority expulsions high in Kern County, new data confirms
March 15, 2012
March 15, 2012 - Kern County has exceptionally high rates of suspensions and expulsions for minority students, a newly released pool of federal data reveals. The...

UNESCO launches World Atlas of Gender Equality in Education
March 05, 2012
PARIS, March 5, 2012 - Twenty years ago, a young girl starting school in sub-Saharan Africa could expect to receive about fi...

Dropout Rates and Lower Wages and Employment of Type 1 Diabetics
January 11, 2012
Did you know you as Diabetic (or your child) will make less money, drop out of school, and probably be unemployed compared to non-Diabetics? Lame, I know, but...

Youth support needed to secure future
July 14, 2011
July 14, 2011 - The Sacramento Capital Region can prosper and achieve its full potential only if it drastically improves education, health, civic participation...

Rule of Law Rules Women Out
July 08, 2011
MADRID (IDN), July 7, 2011 - They give life almost in every way – they deliver generation after generation; they plant seeds and grow crops, feed their families...

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Members of Fresno Unified graduate task force announced
February 28, 2012 | FresnoBee.com: Local
Members of a Fresno Unified School District task force charged with finding ways to cut dropout rates were announced Tuesday, and the chairman said many of the group's goals...

Youth support needed to secure future of California's Capital Region, UC Davis report...
July 14, 2011 | UC Davis News
programs aimed at reducing school dropout rates, improving mental and physical health, providing sustained mentoring and increasing quality job opportunities must be better...

From around the web

Expo promotes healthy living among teens
April 26, 2012 | DesMoinesRegister.com
' -- One of the goals of the Iowa Army Community Advisory Board is to identify issues that affect area youth and come up with possible assets and solutions to improve school dropout rates ...

Mayoral leadership model touted for schools
April 08, 2012 | DesMoinesRegister.com
The dropout rates are lower than the state average, but comparable to similar systems. Q. What school districts should consider adopting a mayoral leadership model? </...

Matthew Tully: Report should encourage a serious discussion about district's future
December 18, 2011 | indystar.com
The city can no longer lose the tax base that heads out of town with those families, and it will not for much longer be able to sustain the tremendous social and governmental costs that come with failing schools and high dropout rates ...

Iowa View: Intervene with poor readers, yes; retain them, no
February 28, 2012 | DesMoinesRegister.com
Being retained significantly increases dropout rates (65 to 90 percent of over-age children in grade nine do not persist to graduation). Retention greatly diminishes student...

Vander Plaats to Branstad: Anti- bully conference advocates tolerance of harmful...
February 14, 2012 | DesMoinesRegister.com
' -- The conference is the premier event hosted by Iowa Safe Schools, an organization with a mission to protect children and stop bullying, which can lead to poor school performance, increased drop-out rates...

In education, focus on what we can control
December 21, 2011 | indystar.com
'' Putting it another way, many readers have contacted me in recent years asking why I do not spend more time writing about the problem at the heart of high dropout rates and...

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	RT @PathwaysCanada: Dropout rates in Canada's low-income communities can be as high as 50%. Find out how you can help, visit http://t.co/e8mDmfCR Twitter: @michdouglas
	@Sarah_Boxer - and his campaign advisor on education falsified dropout rates in Houston Twitter: @TampaChief17
	Sky View's dropout rate is 3%. SV is #14 in the state for low dropouts. Yeah, my daughter goes there. http://t.co/D9FPX4ka Twitter: @Jensenborger6
	Data from Utah State Office of Ed shows Mountain Crest and Sky View rank in the top 30 for low HS dropout rates. http://t.co/tw1C2ySb Twitter: @cpdusu