49% of Nevada high school students drop out

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Source: Las Vegas Sun

Nevada has lost ground when it comes to high school dropout rates and ranks last in the nation, according to a report released Tuesday.

The report by the America's Promise Alliance said the number of high schools in Nevada deemed "dropout factories" rose from eight in 2002 to 34 in 2008, with the increase representing nearly 54,000 students. During that time, the state's graduation rate fell from 72 percent to 51 percent.

... America's Promise Alliance is an education advocacy organization started by former Secretary of State Colin Powell and his wife. The alliance joined with Johns Hopkins University education researcher Robert Balfanz and John Bridgeland, co-author of the report, to produce the study, a follow up to Balfanz's 2007 report that coined the term "dropout factories."

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