Cities In Crisis 2009
Closing the Graduation Gap
Source: America's Promise Alliance
Cities in Crisis 2009: Closing the Graduation Gap prepared for America’s Promise Alliance by the Editorial Projects in Education Research Center, shows that despite some progress made by several cities from 1995-2005, the average graduation rate of the 50 largest cities is well below the national average of 71%, and there remains an 18 percentage point urban suburban gap.
Cities in Crisis 2009 finds that only about half (53%) of all young people in the nation’s 50 largest cities are graduating from high school on time. Cities in Crisis 2009 was released on April 22 as a follow-up to the original Cities in Crisis report released in April 2008.
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Interest Area(s)
Dropout Prevention,
Effective Education,
High School
Associated Promise(s)
Effective Education