Sentences with phrase «improve graduation rates for their black students»

Colleges that say they can't improve graduation rates for their black students because they enroll too many poor students or too many who are academically unprepared are sometimes just making excuses, a new report says.

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Madison's high school graduation rate for black students has improved about 3 percentage points over the last four years to 59 percent.

If the district wants to improve its graduation rates, particularly for black and Hispanic students, it needs to find a way to keep students in their seats.

Although the increase is attributed to improved graduation rates for specific groups of students that have traditionally struggled to earn a diploma — including a 15 percentage point gain for Hispanic students and a 9 percentage point gain for black students over the past decade — gaps still remain when comparing these students to their white and Asian peers.