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To: Peter Dierks who wrote (33298)2/25/2009 11:18:53 AM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 71588
 
If you break it down by specific areas and school districts some of the worst are districts in medium or large cities (and cities tend to vote Democrat, even in states that tend to vote Republican).

Lowest to highest graduation rates in the nation's 50 largest school districts

21.7 Detroit
38.5 Baltimore City, Md.
38.9 New York City
43.1 Milwaukee
43.8 Cleveland
44.2 Los Angeles
45.3 Miami-Dade County, Fla.
46.3 Dallas
46.5 Pinellas County, Fla.
46.8 Denver

usatoday.com