Providing a good education for all seems to be on everyone’s mind these days. If you are interested in this topic here is some helpful information.

First, be sure to read the April 2008 issue of the Improve Groove Newsletter coming out next week. In this issue, staff member Eric Wong has a great article on test-based accountability in schools.

I also want to share this link to a report called Cities in Crisis: A Special Analytical Report on High School Graduation by the Editorial Projects in Education Resource Center supported by the America’s Promise Alliance and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. This report gives a geographically-informed look at high school completion concentrating on America’s largest cities and their surrounding metropolitan areas. The analysis looks at the 2003-2004 school year. One very uncomfortable conclusion in this study is that 3 out of every 10 students in our nation are failing to graduate. To read the full report, please click here.