U.S. Ranks 17th in High School Grad Rates

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U.S. Ranks 17th in High School Grad Rates

The United States has lost its standing as a leader in high
school graduates, now ranking 17th out of the 23 nations for which rates
are reported. And that’s using the generally rosier Census data (see
Appendix Figure A-1).

The United States continues to decline on this measure even as it manages to rank first in total expenditures per student for all levels of education.

Other measures appear to show that graduation rates have been stagnant
for the last 40 years and remain critically low in...

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