History of IDEA
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Past Educational Opportunity Reports
High school dropout rates for minority and poor students disproportionately high
- 10-21-2011
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Huffington Post
Debate over the No Child Left Behind revision continues on the Senate floor as lawmakers attempt to find middle ground on how the education law should be changed, and how it can best serve students and teachers while improving the American education system. At the bottom of discussions of teacher evaluations, school assessments and standardized testing is a focus on how to close achievement gaps and enhance the performance of the bottom 5 percent of schools and students. Legislators want students to be making it through the educational system -- and they want those kids graduating. A report in July notes that high school dropouts cost between $320 billion and $350 billion annually in lost wages, taxable income, health, welfare and incarceration costs. (more...)
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