Sentences with phrase «much higher dropout»

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And on a more general note, much as I appreciate a blog that makes a counter-point to some of the insane poppycock spun by high school dropout midwives, getting on a high horse about these issues is not helpful to anyone.

Cuomo hasn't said yet how much money he'd send to Rochester to target childhood poverty, families living 50 below the poverty line or high - school dropouts.

Remember, the city has a high - school dropout rate exceeding 30 percent (probably much higher when GED program manipulation and other scams are factored in).

«In other words, high school graduates may appear healthier than high school dropouts, not because of their schooling or school environment, but because high school dropouts are much more likely to be poor,» he said.

Outside the education bubble in the broader public mind, however, these high - flying charters are much - adored, attractive young upstarts, and the antidote to the dark, dispiriting «dropout factories» of media caricature.

While much attention has been given to the high rates of default among dropouts (24 percent), defaults are actually even higher among those who complete a postsecondary certificate (28 percent).

At the time, I was concerned that «dropout» statistics were masking a much larger problem that many in government knew existed but weren't sharing: hundreds of thousands of black and brown students nationwide were not graduating high school.

Forgoing a year in the labor force is much costlier for a college graduate than a high - school dropout because the college graduate has more lucrative job opportunities.

Education initiatives that ranged from boosting teacher salaries to driving down high school dropout rates dominated much of Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen's State of the State Address to lawmakers in Nashville last week.

Much research, summarized by the National Academy of Sciences, concludes that high school exit tests do not lead to students better prepared for college or work, but do increase the dropout rates.

The 1983 Nation at Risk report, which marked the start of the modern era of education reform, did not so much as mention the dropout problem even as it called for higher graduation requirements.

Research suggests that cutting the number of high school dropouts by even a quarter could contribute more than $ 12 million to the economy for each graduating class — and as much as $ 5 million more if those students go on to college.

Although much attention has been paid to the national graduation and dropout rates, those discussions obscure another population: students who obtain their high school diplomas but are not prepared to succeed in postsecondary education or the workforce.

Much has changed since 2007 when all five of Tacoma's comprehensive high schools were labeled «dropout factories.»

To address the dropout crisis that condemns so many futures, we'll intervene much earlier in a child's education - because the forces that lead a high school student to drop out start well before the ninth grade.

Much like the increase in accredited university degree programs being offered online, COHS would allow students to earn actual high school diplomas instead of the current much - stigmatized GED that is available to dropouts via an eMuch like the increase in accredited university degree programs being offered online, COHS would allow students to earn actual high school diplomas instead of the current much - stigmatized GED that is available to dropouts via an emuch - stigmatized GED that is available to dropouts via an exam.

I'm a high school dropout who owns a trucking company, and I like physics more than anything and want to understand as much as I can.