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Graduation Rates

Arne Duncan Has Become an Embarrassment

Leonie Haimson | Posted 09.10.2009 | Home

Read More: Arne Duncan, Mayor Bloomberg, Graduation Rates, Achievement Gap, Rupert Murdoch, Embarassment, Naep, Ny Post, Home News
Leonie Haimson

It's time for Obama to his appointee Arne Duncan, the U.S. Secretary of Education, in, before he causes yet further embarrassment to his administration.

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Are the Rising Graduation Rates Real?

Clara Hemphill | Posted 08.01.2009 | New York

Read More: Public Schools, High School, New York City Public School, Education, New York City Graduation Rates, New York City, Graduation Rates, New York Education, New York, New York City High School, New York News
Clara Hemphill

The city boasts that nearly two-thirds of high school students graduated on time in 2008. But are the standards for graduating so low that the diplomas are meaningless, as skeptics claim?

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More Bad Education News (And Some Bright Spots)

Tom Vander Ark | Posted 07.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Education Reform, Charter Schools, Graduation Rates, High School, Kipp, Public High School, Politics News
Tom Vander Ark

For someone that spent most of the last 10 years working on this problem it is discouraging to see the grad rate dip this low.

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