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Only 70% of entering freshmen and barely half of students of color finish high school with a regular diploma four years later. Every school day, nearly 7,000 American high school students become dropouts.
“Half of Teachers Quit in 5 Years.” Washington Post. 9 May 2006. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/08/AR2006050801344_pf.html.
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