President Obama announces a record high school graduation rate increase. The administration points to several of its programs that have enabled the improvement.
It’s a school district that contains one of the top high schools in Indiana and the nation. It’s the Pike Township schools. Recently, Pike High School was honored by The Washington Post as one of America’s Most Challenging High Schools. And Newsweek Magazine/The Daily Beast honored Pike High School as one of their 2013 America’s […]
Much like the achievement gap in K-12 schooling, higher education is plagued by its own gap—with respect to minority graduation rates. Nationwide, 60 percent of white students earn a degree within six years on a college campus, compared to only 40 percent of African-Americans and 49 percent of Latinos.
Audio Clip is Attached. Audio©2009 WTLC/Radio One. Afternoons with Amos talked with Bob Wise, the former West Virginia Governor who heads the Alliance for Excellent Education. Amos talked with Wise about who to increase the numbers of Black students who graduate from high school.
