One-third of LAUSD students drop out
More than one-third of Los Angeles Unified high school students drop out, according to a new study released Wednesday that is expected to end a long controversy over the accuracy of state dropout rates.George Sanchez in the Daily News.
The district's four-year dropout rate of 33.6 percent was well above the statewide average of 24.2 percent, sparking renewed calls to beef up academic standards in the nation's second-largest school district.
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell said the new numbers indicate the state's schools are facing a crisis.
He also said the num
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