Cities in Crisis: Closing the Graduation Gap. Educational and Economic Conditions in America's Largest Cities

Autor/in	Swanson, Christopher B.
Institution	Editorial Projects in Education, Bethesda, MD.
Titel	Cities in Crisis: Closing the Graduation Gap. Educational and Economic Conditions in America's Largest Cities
Quelle	(2009), (33 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	High Schools; Graduation Rate; Metropolitan Areas; Urban Areas; Minority Groups; Achievement Gap + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? High school; Oberschule; Ballungsraum; Urban area; Stadtregion; Ethnische Minderheit
Abstract	The condition of America's high schools stands as a central concern among both educators and policymakers. Independent research has revealed a state of affairs in which three in ten students fail to finish high school with a diploma and in which barely half of historically disadvantaged minority students graduate. This report, a successor to 2008's "Cities in Crisis," takes stock of high school graduation in the nation's 50 largest cities and their broader metropolitan areas. The report considers progress made or ground lost during the past decade. Although he scale of the dropout crisis remains troubling, it is noted that the majority of the nation's largest cities have seen improvements in their graduation rates over this period and that some of those gains have been substantial. The report also maps the intersection between education and the economy, as it relates to the impact of schooling on the key economic outcomes of employment, income, and poverty. In today's world, finishing high school is generally considered a bare-minimum prerequisite to function successfully in many aspects of adult life, particularly those associated with achieving financial security and career advancement. This analysis concludes that a high school diploma may offer its greatest benefit by opening doors to further education and training, which in turn afford additional opportunities. (Contains 20 figures.) [For "Cities in Crisis: A Special Analytic Report on High School Graduation," see ED505655.] (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10