More students on track to graduate, By Jeremy P. Meyer, February 4, 2010, Denver Post: “Denver school officials can barely contain their excitement over recent high school data showing hundreds more students enrolled, taking tougher college-prep courses and on track to graduate. ‘This is among the most positive data we have seen in the last three or four years,’ said Superintendent Tom Boasberg, who took over the leadership of Denver Public Schools one year ago. ‘This is work. A lot of really good work is going on.’ And Denver has company. Across Colorado, 4.8 percent more 12th-graders are enrolled in the 2009-10 school year than the previous school year…”
Poverty-related issues in the news, from the Institute for Research on Poverty