Monday, December 20, 2010

Johns Hopkins Report: "Building a Grad Nation"


Link to December 20 Fond du Lac Reporter article, "Report: More students graduating from high school in Wisconsin".

Excerpt: A new report says Wisconsin has made substantial gains in its statewide high school graduation rate.

A study of graduation rates from 2002 to 2008, done in part by Johns Hopkins University, highlights Wisconsin as a state that has made notable progress.

The state’s rate in 2008 was nearly 90 percent. In 2002, it was almost 85 percent.

The federal government has set a national goal that schools graduate nine out of every 10 students by the year 2020
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