By Dorie Turner
The Associated Press
ATLANTA – The number of so-called “dropout factory” high schools in the United States has declined since 2002, translating into at least 100,000 more students getting a diploma, a new report shows.
But the report from America’s Promise Alliance released Tuesday also said that progress needs to increase fivefold for the country to graduate nine out of 10 students by 2020, a goal of the Obama administration.
States including Tennessee, Texas, New York and Georgia already have figured out tactics that work. But fixing the problem won’t be easy, said report co-author John Bridgeland.