High School Graduation Rates

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This paper evaluates why some high schools experience higher graduation rates among minorities than other high schools. The paper focuses on Hispanic and African American high school students. The paper investigates the factors that contribute to high minority graduation rates in certain states. In addition, the paper attempts to apply these factors to schools that have low minority graduation rates.

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"As you can gather form these statistics, both Black and Latino students tend the have high graduation rates in certain districts such as, Boston Public Schools, Prince Georges County and Montgomery County. Likewise, these minority groups have low graduation rates in districts such as Cleveland city schools and Gwinnet County. The discrepancies in minority graduation rates have been recognized and are alarming to educators. Several studies have attempted to understand why this phenomenon is occurring."

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