Sentences with phrase «dropping out of high school doubles»

Meanwhile, the risk of dropping out of high school doubles.

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For poor and minority students, risks are higher: 26 percent of those who face the «double jeopardy» of poverty and low reading proficiency fail to earn high school diplomas, and Hispanic and African American children who lack proficiency by third grade are twice as likely to drop out of school as their white counterparts.