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A new report by WestEd highlights three high schools—all supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation—that have successfully implemented programs to prepare all of their students for college mathematics. The report, titled Rethinking High Schools: Supporting All Students to be College-Ready in Math, is the latest in the organization’s “Rethinking High School” series of reports on secondary school reform and redesign.

Efforts Underway To Address Crisis in Detroit & Elsewhere
LANSING, MI – A national report released today putting Detroit’s high school graduation rate at the bottom of the nation’s 50 largest cities should be the final wake-up call Michigan needs to address this educational and workforce crisis once and for all.
The report, issued by America’s Promise Alliance, showed a 24.9 percent graduation rate in 2003-04 for the Detroit City School District. The next lowest was Indianapolis Public Schools at 30.5 percent.