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Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Southern Regional Education Board Calls For Focus On At-Risk Middle Schoolers

The AP (6/28, Dalesio) reports that the Southern Regional Education Board is urging educators to "focus more on young teens who too often fall behind in reading, math and science," saying that educators "must get middle schoolers focused on their futures to cut down dropout rates and improve their college and career readiness. ... Only about a quarter of today's eighth-graders are projected to graduate from a two- or four-year college, the group said."

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