High School Drop Out Rate Reaches Epidemic Levels

[NewsBoy]

A recent study by the Department of Education found that 31 percent of American students were dropping out or failing to graduate in the nation's largest 100 public school districts. In some cities, half of all students are dropping out.

More at link...

 

[uscitizen]

Darn!! I guess the gummit will just have to figure the dropout rates in a different way to make them look better. Heaven forbid we actually work on the sources of the problem.

 

[Damocles]

Just call them less "education secure" and be done with it!

 

[uscitizen]

Thats the ticket Damo
Or we could call them the future poor , or cannon fodder, Republicans, etc

 

[Damocles]

Honestly, you can lead a horse to water...

 

[uscitizen]

Yeah, but you are missing the whole point of this post, which is the gummit trying to down play bad things with spin and wordplay.

 

[Damocles]

Yeah, but you are missing the whole point of this post, which is the gummit trying to down play bad things with spin and wordplay.

Clearly I didn't "miss" it, I even made a jokie that linked to another of your threads on this common idea...

 

[uscitizen]

Right you are Damo, my apologies. I thought of that after posting.