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The report shows that the state’s reported rates have been inflated over time, while Black and Latino students—especially males—face sharply lower chances of earning regular diplomas. 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No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval systems, without permission in writing from The Civil Rights Project.  \nThis publication should be cited as:  \nLosen, D., Orfield, G., and Balfanz, R. (2006) . Confronting the Graduation Rate Crisis in Texas. Cambridge, MA: The Civil Rights Project at Harvard University.  \nFOREWORD  \nSince sponsoring the first national research conference in many years on high school dropouts in 2001, the Civil Rights Project has been working across the country on reversing the terrible loss of talent and the destruction of lives that take place when millions of students, especially Latino and African American, are sent out into adulthood without any ability to find good jobs or enter college and make their way toward the American dream. This is not an ideological issue; many business leaders share the concern of civil rights leaders about the dangerous loss of human potential in a nation that faces fierce global competition, and whose next generation depends on the education of groups historically excluded or undereducated in our schools.  \nTexas has had an extremely influential role in the making of educational policy. Texas has the destiny of one-fifth of the nation’s Latino children in its hands. Texas has many tools and leaders who could produce a breakthrough on high school completion; and, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas’ 2005 report, it does not have any option if it is to be competitive in the next generation. It can either address this issue or begin to slide backward in the average educational level of its rapidly changing workforce.  \nIn civil rights terms, completing high school is an absolute necessity for young people. If half of the Black and Latino young men in the state are in the labor market without a diploma, these communities face mortal risks and will see their dreams shrivel.  \nWhat needs to be done is simple. We need honest information clearly presented. We need serious accountability for real increases in graduation rates. We need counseling and support for kids trying to pass through the tough adolescent challenges of poor neighborhoods, gangs, and families under stress. And we need effective, challenging, and interesting instruction to bring students up to speed and reengage them with school. We need to realize that segregation by income, race, and language harms kids’ futures and then do something about it. And we need to make certain all of our high schools have real paths to college and decent jobs.  \nGary Orfield  \nCONFRONTING THE GRADUATION RATE CRISIS IN TEXAS  \nDaniel Losen, Gary Orfield, and Robert Balfanz  \nExecutive Summary  \nMisleading and inaccurate reporting of high school dropout and graduation rates in state after state, year after year, has, until recently, kept the public largely unaware of a serious educational and civil rights crisis. As education requirements for jobs and success in life keep rising, millions of young people are being left far behind. Every year, across the country, a dangerously high percentage of students—disproportionately poor and minority—disappear from the educational pipeline before graduating from high school. Too often, no one even records that they are gone.  \nAs this report demonstrates, the graduation rate in Texas is far too low, but only slightly below the national average of 70% for the Class of 2003.1 Fewer than 60% of Black and Latino students in Texas earn regular diplomas alongside their classmates.2 For Black and Latino males the rates hover just over 50% .3 Most educators and the National Governor’s Association agree that these low graduation rates describe a","cbCaitElGpYTOTcI","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaitElGpYTOTcI","pdf",477655,42,"English","# Executive Summary\n## Graduation rate crisis in Texas\n## Limitations of reporting and tracking\n## Need for accountability and student support","[{\"question\":\"What crisis does the report describe in Texas?\",\"answer\":\"The report describes a graduation rate and educational equity crisis, where many students—especially poor and minority students—leave the educational pipeline before graduating.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the report compare Texas’s graduation rates to the national average?\",\"answer\":\"It states Texas’s graduation rate for the Class of 2003 is far too low and slightly below the national average of 70%, with fewer than 60% of Black and Latino students earning regular diplomas.\"},{\"question\":\"What does the report argue Texas should do to address the problem?\",\"answer\":\"It calls for honest, clearly presented information; serious accountability for real increases in graduation rates; and counseling, support, and effective instruction that reengage students and create real paths to college and jobs.\"}]","Confronting the Graduation Rate Crisis in Texas | PDF",106]