Stunning Surge in Graduation Rate as Rainier Beach Gamble Pays Off
by Claudia Rowe (originally published in the Seattle Times)
Tangled in bureaucracy and tradition, public schools need years — often the better part of a decade — for real turnaround, so skeptics may wave off the spike in graduation rates at Rainier Beach High as a mere blip.
Or ignore its ballooning enrollment.
Or shrug at the dozens of students on track to leave with college credit for advanced studies. (Read More)
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