Dropout crisis

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A faction in the ongoing debate about the efficacy of U.S. public education claims that schools underreport the number of students who drop out before finishing high school.

A 2005 report by the National Governors Association stated, "About a third of our students are not graduating from high school. Outcomes for minority students are significantly worse."

But statisticians and education advocates dispute these figures and counter that more students are graduating from high school today than at any time in U.S. history.

[edit] External links

• 2005 report by the National Governors Association
• summary of their 2006 book "Rethinking High School Graduation Rates and Trends."