Sentences with phrase «number of high school graduates»

The higher education and business communities are speaking out about the huge numbers of high school graduates not prepared for work or college.

The report suggests that government efforts should be geared not only towards academically - minded young people, but also towards the large number of high school graduates who want to start working rather than go on studying.

Between 2003 and 2011, for example, on - time graduation rates increased from 51 percent to 69 percent, and college enrollment rates kept pace with the increasing number of high school graduates.

While a staggering number of high school graduates have been leaving the state to attend college elsewhere (Illinois ranks second to worst in the nation for net outward migration of college freshmen, according to 2014 data), many low - income students don't have that option.

Despite a higher number of high schoolers graduating, the report notes challenges in the proficiency of 8th graders in math and 4th graders in reading.

We have become one of the nation's leaders in the number of high school graduates taking Advanced Placement (AP) courses and passing AP exams.

Readers of Education Next may have seen a report entitled Diploma to Nowhere from Strong American Schools last year that counted up the number of high school graduates who end up in remedial courses at the next level.

Increasing the number of high school graduates could reap big economic benefits for the United States, a policy brief by the Alliance for Excellent Education says.

Statewide, the number of high school graduates the Kentucky Department of Education considers college - and career - ready has increased from 34 percent in 2010 to 54 percent today.

The 2012 Annual Update of Building a Grad Nation: Progress and Challenge in Ending the Dropout Epidemic report found that 24 states increased their high school graduation rates by modest to large gains, while the number of high schools graduating 60 percent or fewer students on time — often referred to as «dropout factories» — decreased by 457 between 2002 and 2010, with the rate of decline accelerating since 2008.

The report also finds that more than half the states increased their high school graduation rates, while the number of high schools graduating 60 percent or fewer students on time — often referred to as «dropout factories» — decreased by 23 percent since 2002, with the rate of decline accelerating since 2008.

(Tenn.) A first - of - its - kind college tuition program is showing huge gains in its inaugural year with the number of high school graduates enrolling full - time in the state's community colleges jumping 14 percent this fall.

A new study says that the madness may ease over the next decade as the number of high school graduates drops.

The practice is on the upswing as colleges and universities compete for students at a time when the number of high school graduates is declining.

State leaders recognize this shift and are devoting significant attention to increasing the number of high school graduates that are college and career ready.

It projects the number of high school graduates to grow 5 percent from 2012 - 13 to 2025 - 26, compared to the 22 percent actual increase that occurred from 2000 - 1 to 2012 - 13.

Factors contributing to the increased competition include simple demographics - the number of high school graduates has grown year on year for more than 15 years (but is projected to peak soon and then reduce a little).

From 2001 to 2009 alone, the number of high school graduates who enrolled in a 2 year or 4 year university the fall after their senior year went from 62 % to 70 %.

The number of high school graduates is slightly lower in Fairfax at 91 %, but still over half of adults have at least a bachelor's degree.

The 2012 Annual Update of Building a Grad Nation: Progress and Challenge in Ending the Dropout Epidemic report found that 24 states increased their high school graduation rates by modest to large gains, while the number of high schools graduating 60 percent or fewer students on time — often referred to as «dropout factories» — decreased by 457 between 2002 and 2010, with the rate of decline accelerating since 2008.