When Florida makes the news it is typically not good.
Hurricane’s, voting processes, and the occasional poodle-attacked-by-gator all seem to top the list.
So what is on the list this week at The Slow Bleed?
According to state figures, 72.4 percent of students who enrolled in ninth grade managed to graduate last spring. That means about 37,000 students dropped off the radar and out of school.
The only thing worse is that in a state-by-state study, Florida is not the worse. Here are states that fall below Florida when it comes to graduation…
- Tennessee
- Alabama
- Mississippi
- Georgia
- New York
- South Carolina
And the (worst) winner is…
- Nevada.
If your state did not make the list, just give it a few more years. With absolutely no priorities for education in this country these statistics are not going to get any better.
