Tag: Graduation Rate
Graduation Requirements Increase, But Do Not Reach National Standards
May 13th, 2011
The Secretary of Education recently proposed regulatory changes, subject to approval at the May 19 State Board of Education meeting, that would increase the coursework requirements for Delaware high school graduation – which is something Delaware has debated-- and postponed--implementing for years. The more rigorous graduation requirements...VIEW ARTICLE
“Dropout Factories”on the Decline
April 22nd, 2011
The number of US schools labeled “dropout factories”* declined by 6.4 percent between 2008 and 2009 according to the recent report Building a Grad Nation: Progress and Challenges in Ending the High School Dropout Epidemic. In Delaware, the number of “dropout factories” decreased from 10 to 8 – a much larger decrease than the country...VIEW ARTICLE