Arvada Press this week. Looks like Jeffco is doing a great job keeping their high school students in school long enough to graduate. Bravo! It is hard enough these days to get a job, being a high school dropout just makes it tougher.
I do wonder how much of this is due to the relative wealth of the county and how much due to actual programs designed to keep kids in school.
Thomas Sowell: There are no solutions, just trade-offs.
I would say that Jeffco parents deserve a few kudos too. In my opinion the motivation to stay in school comes from home more than anywhere/anything else.
Both the school district and the parents in Jeffco seem motivated to provide education to every child. There are options for kids who don't do well in traditional schools if the parents and students are willing to travel further than the school around the corner. These schools like the jeffco open school and warren tech are very popular as alternatives. Not many school districts have these choices nor the parental support that keeps them viable.
Pomp and circumstance Graduation rates for the 50 largest school districts ranged wildly in 2008. The top schools RANK SCHOOL DISTRICT 08 GRADUATION RATE
1 Montgomery County 85.7%
2 Fairfax County 85.1%
3 Wake County, N.C. 78.2%
4 Baltimore County 77.8% 5 Jefferson County, Colo. 77.7%
6 Anne Arundel County 75.8%
7 Jefferson County, Ky. 74.7%
8 Jordan, Utah 74.5%
9 Cypress-Fairbanks, Texas 74.3%
10 Cobb County, Ga. 73.4%
The bottom schools RANK SCHOOL DISTRICT 08 GRADUATION RATE
41 Baltimore 52.8%
42 Milwaukee 50.9%
43 Duval County, Fla. 49.9%
44 Dekalb County, Ga. 49.6%
45 Dallas 48.7% 46 Los Angeles 48.7%
47 Philadelphia 45.8% 48 Denver 43.5%
49 Clark County, Nev. 43.1%
50 Detroit 33.4%
