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Obama unfurls plan to stem school dropout rate
- 03-01-2010
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NPR
President Obama took aim Monday at the nation's school dropout epidemic, proposing $900 million to states and education districts that agree to drastically change or even shutter their worst performing schools. The move comes as many schools continue to struggle to get children to graduation, a profound problem in a rich, powerful nation. Only about 70 percent of entering high school freshmen go on to graduate. The problem affects blacks and Latinos at particularly high rates. Obama described the crisis as one that hurts individual kids and the nation as a whole, shattering dreams and undermining an already hurting economy. (more...)
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