The inconvenient truth about educationCOMMENTARY
By | Florida Voices
Published: December 07, 2012
Published: December 07, 2012
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Despite what Gov. Rick Scott and his Department of Education may tell you, the Florida public education system isn't very good, especially when it comes to the percentage of students graduating from high school within four years.
The U.S. Department of Education recently released data listing state four-year high school graduation rates for the 2010-11 school year — the first year in which all states used a common, rigorous measure. Prior to the new methodology, varying methods used by states to report