Study Finds Fewer 'Dropout Factory' Schools
Students pass between classes at the Feltonville School of Arts and Sciences in Philadelphia. A feeder middle school to several high-risk high schools in that city, Feltonville has implemented an “early-warning” student-tracking system as part of an initiative to improve high school graduation rates.
—Christopher Powers/Education Week-File
Graduation Rates Inched Up From 2001 to 2008, According to Study
After decades of flat-lining graduation rates, states finally have started to turn around or close hundreds of so-called “dropout factory” schools and recover some of the thousands of students who had already given up, according to a
new study
.
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