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10/24/2008
An October 23, 2008 article from The Associated Press reports that, according to a children advocacy group's recent study, today's students are less likely to obtain a high school diploma than their parents were. According to the Education Trust report, the United States is currently the only industrialized nation where children are less likely than their parents to successfully complete high school. The Education Trust, serves as an advocate for children who are minorities or from low-income families. Some experts in the field contend that several states are using a loop-hole in the federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) law to keep graduation rate requirements at low levels (while NCLB does require high schools to meet annual graduation targets, the targets are set by each individual state).
The article is available at the Web site of The State Journal-Register (Springfield, Illinois).
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