Graduation Rate
Read more about the percent of students who graduate from high school and efforts to increase it
Special Education
Louisiana Sets Aside $251K for Training on Special Education Grade Promotion Law
Individualized education program teams have the authority to create alternate grade progression and graduation standards for some students with disabilities, but the policy is proving challenging to enact.
School & District Management
Leveraging Grades and Attendance to Improve High School Success
New findings from the University of Chicago Consortium on Chicago School Research on factors in middle school that lead to high school success are woven into guides for school practitioners.
College & Workforce Readiness
Louisiana Struggles in Allowing IEP Teams to Create Diploma Pathways
A new law that went into effect earlier this year is proving challenging to implement as the 2014-15 school year reaches its halfway point, according to local reports.
College & Workforce Readiness
Feds Hope to Reconnect Dropouts Via 'Performance Partnership Pilots'
Federal agencies request proposals for partnerships to help disconnected youth.
College & Workforce Readiness
Emotionally Disturbed Students at Greatest Risk of Dropping Out, Study Finds
Among different special education categories, emotionally disturbed students are at highest risk of dropping out, according to a study of 41,000 Utah students.
Equity & Diversity
War on Poverty College Programs Still Serving 'Lucky Few'
The college-bridge programs created 50 years ago under President Lyndon B. Johnson's signature program were never designed—or funded—to serve all the students who need them.
College & Workforce Readiness
Ohio Group Wins $1 Million for Spurring College Attainment
An Ohio higher education coalition is the first to win a new prize for metropolitan areas that boost their numbers of college graduates.
School & District Management
Report: Partnerships, Family Outreach Key to Rural Grad Rates
Rural high schools in New York with higher than average graduation rates tend to utilize partnerships, data, remediation, and dropout prevention strategies.
College & Workforce Readiness
Study: Rural Pa. Students Trump City Peers in College Enrollment
During the 2010-11 school year, about 59 percent of rural high school graduates enrolled in college, compared to 55 percent of their urban peers.
College & Workforce Readiness
More Benefits Evident in N.Y.C.'s Small High Schools Experiment
A new report from MDRC tracks small high school graduates into college and finds more are pursuing postsecondary education than those at larger schools.
School & District Management
N.Y.C. Small Schools Boost Graduation Rates and College Enrollment, Study Says
New findings show that New York City's "small schools of choice" raise graduation rates and boost college enrollment for economically disadvantaged students.
College & Workforce Readiness
Judge: 1,800 Hawaii Special Education Students Eligible for More Services
The decision comes after a 2013 ruling struck down a state regulation that ended public education for all students at age 20.
College & Workforce Readiness
Census Tidbits: More High School Sophomores, Fewer College Freshmen
U.S. Census data shows nearly 1 million fewer high school graduates enrolled in college in 2013 than in 2011.
College & Workforce Readiness
Public Television Focuses on Boosting High School Grad Rate
The Department of Education announced $82 million in GEAR UP grants in advance of the Sept. 27 American Graduate Day kick-off.