Report: Kids less likely to graduate than parents

October 23, 2008

Your child is less likely to graduate from high school than you were, and most states are doing little to hold schools accountable, according to a study by a children's advocacy group.

More than half the states have graduation targets that don't make schools get better, the Education Trust says in a report released Thursday.

And dropout rates haven't budged: One in four kids is still dropping out of high school.

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