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High School Dropouts

Thousands of Kids Drop Out of High School Daily - How Are We Going to Solve the Problem?

Esther Wojcicki | Posted 10.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Education, Education Reform, Dropout Epidemic, Public Education, High School Dropouts, Education Policy, Google, Politics News
Esther Wojcicki

Almost fifty percent of students in the fifty largest American cities drop out of high school. In some cities, there is over a seventy percent drop out rate. One consequence is an increase in crime and the prison rate.

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CPS Lacks Comprehensive Plan For 50,000 Dropouts

Catalyst Chicago | Sarah Karp | Posted 10.22.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Cps Dropouts, CPS Dropout Rate, Chicago Dropouts, Education, Chicago Public Schools, High School Dropouts, Chicago News

The average student who enrolls in an alternative school faces steep odds to graduating. Low skills, tough lives and scarce resources at schools are b...

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Nearly A Quarter Of African-American Male Dropouts End Up In Jail: Study

Chicago Public Radio | Posted 10.12.2009 | Chicago

Read More: African American Dropouts, High School Dropouts, Cps, African American Graduation Rates, CPS Graduation Rates, Chicago Dropouts, Chicago News

A new study shows nearly a quarter of African-American males who drop out of high school end up in jail....

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Picking the Right College Is About to Get Easier

Tom Vander Ark | Posted 09.28.2009 | Living

Read More: High School, High School Dropouts, College, Living News
Tom Vander Ark

The Internet has made online searching for potential colleges much easier but in some respects complicates the process with a world of choices. Two organizations are trying to solve this problem.

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Dropouts: Attitudes and Antidotes

Tom Vander Ark | Posted 07.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Dennis Littky, Education Reform, High School Dropouts, Bill Milliken, Politics News
Tom Vander Ark

About half of low income and minority students fail to graduate. The causes are complicated. Perhaps most foundational are our attitudes about and aspirations for young people.

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The Day My Union Died

Dennis Danziger | Posted 06.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Governor Schwarzenegger, High School Dropouts, Stimulus Funds, California Proposition !A, Superintendent Ramon Cortines, United Teachers of Los Angeles, Los Angeles Unified School District, Teacher Strikes, Public School, Real Estate, Politics News
Dennis Danziger

Our strike wasn't about us teachers asking for better health care or more money, we were going to protest Cortine's decision to hold back funds allotted for education.

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A Scandal More Shameful than AIG and Just as Costly for Taxpayers

Keli Goff | Posted 05.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Education, Poverty, Class Warfare, Dropout Epidemic, Class, High School Dropouts, Business News
Keli Goff

We should be treating America's dropout epidemic with the same measure of urgency, outrage and activism that has spurred us to tackle drunk driving, AIDS Awareness, and even climate change.

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Is God Stupid?

Michael Henry Adams | Posted 04.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Abortion, Single Mothers, Unemployment, God, Imprisonment, Unemployment Rate, The Envirinment, Dropout-Rates, Prayer, Black, Faith, High School Dropouts, Aids, HIV/AIDS Africa, Pope Benedict, Karl Marx, Islam, Jews, Episcopalians, Jesus Christ, Christianity, Green News
Michael Henry Adams

Wouldn't benevolent God be more likely to be like your mother or grandmother, than like most of our fathers? It's not that I am an avowed atheist, no...

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Droppin' Out: The Real American Crisis

Casey Gane-McCalla | Posted 02.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Financial Crisis, Education, High School Dropouts, Drop Out Rate, Urban Schools, New York, Baltimore, Columbus, Los Angeles, Barack Obama, Civil Rights Education, Civil Rights, American Education, Chicago, Detroit, Dropout, Education Reform, Education Civil Rights Issue, Education in America, John McCain, Politics News
Casey Gane-McCalla

For too many years Americans have fought against things: communism, drugs, poverty. Isn't it time to fight for something?

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The Economic Bailout Is Not Enough: The Case for Obama, Education, and the Longer View

Martin Carnoy | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Tuition Tax Credits, Economic Bailout, Teacher Quality, John McCain, Economic Crisis, Federal Investment Policy, Education Policy, Economic Growth, High School Dropouts, Barack Obama, Politics News
Martin Carnoy

Obama gave twelve major education speeches in this campaign and McCain only two. McCain hasn't introduced a major education initiative in his 26 years in Congress.

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Eating Disorder Roulette

Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 07.15.2008 | Living

Read More: Preppies, Anorexia, New Research, Teens, Eating Disorders, High School, Jocks, Emo, Bulimia, Goths, Athletics, Social Anxiety, High School Dropouts, Living News
Charlotte Hilton Andersen

Why do teens get eating disorders? Blame it on their friends! But wait, it's not that simple. In fact, it doesn't matter which group teen girls actually fall into, but only which group they most identify with.

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Army Gets Fewer High School Grads in '07

AP | KIMBERLY HEFLING | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Warwire, War on Terror, War in Afghanistan, Army Recruitment, High School Dropouts, War in Iraq, Afghanistan War, Politics News

WASHINGTON — The percent of Army recruits with a high school diploma dropped last year, continuing a trend that has worsened since the start of ...

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