Graduation Rates Inch Upward, but Achievement Gaps Remain

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Graduation Rates Inch Upward, but Achievement Gaps Remain

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan is expected to discuss the data today at Grad Nation, an event in Washington put together by Civic Enterprises, the Everyone Graduates Center, America's Promise Alliance, and the Alliance for Excellent Education. The groups released their own report examining the data this morning, and found that the United States is on track to reach a 90 percent graduation rate by 2020, but to make that happen policymakers will need to continue to focus on low-income students, minorities, and students who live in major urban centers