Cause for Optimism with Increasing High School Grad Rates

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Cause for Optimism with Increasing High School Grad Rates

A newly released report reveals good news in the national fight to reduce the numbers of high school dropouts. The results of the study, conducted by the Civics Enterprises, the Everyone Graduates Center, America’s Promise Alliance and the Alliance for Excellent Education, not only showed significant increases in the rates of high school graduation in 24 states, but also found that the number of schools that graduate less than 60% of its high school classes nationwide had dropped by 457.