Some students were left in dropout factories where teachers and administrators routinely blamed parents for their own overwhelmed incompetence. (washingtonpost.com)
We also know that the number of dropout factories — with grad rates below 60 percent — is down to about 1200 nationwide — from nearly 2000 at the start of the century. (educationnext.org)
The number of «high school dropout factories,» where less than 60 percent of students graduate, is declining rapidly. (educationnext.org)