- To comply with such existing federal programs as School Improvement Grants, more than 30 states have changed statutes to require principal evaluations based in “significant part” on standardized test scores.
- Says the Pew Research Center, for the first time, about 33% of 25- to 29-year-olds have at least a bachelor’s degree, up from 20% in the early 1970’s.
- The demand for college graduates has been increasing about 3% annually, but the supply has increased by only 1%.
- 23% of 513 surveyed high school dropouts cited a lack of parental support and encouragement; 21% said they’d dropped out due to the birth of a child. Only 17% have full-time jobs, earning about 30% less than those with a high school diploma.
- According to the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, New Orleans leads the nation in the number of charter school students with 70%. Across the nation, about 10% of students attend a charter school.
