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Originally Posted by crazyflamingos
Chuck, there was a news story on all the networks last week about the dropout rate in larger U.S. cities. Several had a dropout rate over 50%.
I think that is what mlurp is referring to, BUT he has confused the story completely. 50% is NOT the dropout rate throughout the U.S.!
Here is a link to a CNN story on the big city dropout rate. it also clarifies what the U.S. graduation rate is.
Report: Many big city graduation rates below 50% - CNN.com
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Thank you... that rate was actually in one of the links I had too...