The Des Moines Register’s editorial on student retention is lazy and irresponsible
Dangerously Irrelevant
MARCH 24, 2016
Significantly higher dropout rates. For example, one study showed that 65% to 90% of overage children in grade 9 do not persist to graduation. Retention has found to be a stronger predictor of student dropout than socioeconomic status or parental education. Florida’s graduation rate is 43rd in the country , while Iowa’s is 5th.
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