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    This article discusses the high dropout rates in inner city schools, referring to it as a "silent epidemic". It states that in 1963, 4 out of 10 5th graders dropped out of high school, and by 2008 the dropout rate for minority students reached almost 50%. The article also notes that just 15% of high schools, mostly in inner cities, produce almost half of the country's dropouts. It describes these schools as "dropout factories" where most freshmen cannot read or do math at an eighth grade level.

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    This article discusses the high dropout rates in inner city schools, referring to it as a "silent epidemic". It states that in 1963, 4 out of 10 5th graders dropped out of high school, and by 2008 the dropout rate for minority students reached almost 50%. The article also notes that just 15% of high schools, mostly in inner cities, produce almost half of the country's dropouts. It describes these schools as "dropout factories" where most freshmen cannot read or do math at an eighth grade level.

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    This article discusses the high dropout rates in inner city schools, referring to it as a "silent epidemic". It states that in 1963, 4 out of 10 5th graders dropped out of high school, and by 2008 the dropout rate for minority students reached almost 50%. The article also notes that just 15% of high schools, mostly in inner cities, produce almost half of the country's dropouts. It describes these schools as "dropout factories" where most freshmen cannot read or do math at an eighth grade level.

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    This article discusses the high dropout rates in inner city schools, referring to it as a "silent epidemic". It states that in 1963, 4 out of 10 5th graders dropped out of high school, and by 2008 the dropout rate for minority students reached almost 50%. The article also notes that just 15% of high schools, mostly in inner cities, produce almost half of the country's dropouts. It describes these schools as "dropout factories" where most freshmen cannot read or do math at an eighth grade level.

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    Kelly Rozanitis Dropout Epidemic Haunts Inner City Schools This article was about the shocking dropout

    rates in inner city schools. These rates are so high that it is being referred to as the silent epidemic In 1963, it was found that 4 out of 10 5th graders dropped out of high school. Furthermore, in 2008 the dropout rate for African-American, Hispanic, and Native American students reached an all-time high of almost 50%. The article went on to state that only 15% of our high schools, most located inner-city, produce almost 50% of our countrys high school dropouts. Also, It went on to say that although the national graduating rate is higher, the story is completely different in urban and inner-city areas. Margaret Spellings, the Secretary of Education, refers to these schools as dropout factories-and reasonably so. The article states that most freshmen enter these high schools unable to read or do math at an eighthgrade level. The article also states that because of the situations that these students are in, they drop out and become virtually unemployable. I found this article extremely upsetting. I think that the percentages and dropout rates for inner city schools is outrageous. I find it so hard to grasp the concept that almost 50%-half-of these student do not finish high school. This article really made me think about my own education, and the things I take for granted. I find it so hard to believe that students coming in as freshmen were unable to ready or do 8th grade math. I can not imagine that feeling. This makes me so thankful that I am lucky to live in a nice are with good teachers, and good teacher-student relationships. I also think that it is very disturbing that these children are expected to graduate under the circumstances that their school is in. How is a student supposed to be motivated to learn if their school is littered with garbage and covered in grafitti? I think that the urban areas need to focus more attention on their school systems, because with these circumstances and dropout rates the cities are setting themselves up for failure. If 50% of innercity students do not finish high school and become virtually unemployable, how is this generation expected to prosper and carry on the city, and create a new generation capable of doing the same? I think that these rates are extremely disheartening, and make me so thankful for my education.

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