Number of 'Dropout Factory' High Schools in the U.S. Drops, Reports Says

"The number of 'dropout factory' high schools in the United States is decreasing, according to a report from the Building a Grad Nation Summit being held this week in Washington."

City Students at Small Public High Schools Are More Likely to Graduate, Study Says

"A project tracked the academic performance of more than 21,000 New York City students who applied for ninth grade admission at 105 small high schools, mainly in Brooklyn and in the Bronx, from 2005 to 2008."

More U.S. Teens Getting High School Diplomas

"The number of so-called 'dropout factory' high schools in the United States has declined since 2002, translating into at least 100,000 more students getting a diploma, a new report shows."

High-School Dropout Rate a Key Barrier to Obama's College-Completion Goal

"A senior Education Department official, speaking at a college-readiness forum here on Tuesday, singled out the nation's dropout rate among high-school students as a key obstacle to fulfilling President Obama's goal of putting the United States atop the world by 2020 in the proportion of residents with a college degree."

Efforts Under Way to Stem U.S. School Dropout Problem

"Companies like AT&T and groups such as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Colin Powell's America's Promise Alliance have analyzed the problem and are funding programs believed to reinvigorate public schools."