11/21/2002
Where does Florida's graduation rate rank according voucher-espousing, Jeb! loving, liberarian-leaning think tank The Manhattan Institute? Dead last. Below even the Third-World ed system run by Mississippi. (The study is not yet posted on their site so read it in the Sentinel or in The Herald . (I navigate Miami.com so you don't have to. You're welcome.) The study and its ranking tables are now posted at the group's site.
This appears to be a reasonable reading of the data, but figuring this is not as straightforward as you might think. For instance: do you count GED grads? (Manhatten doesn't) Kids who move? Come to think of it, I would have counted as a dropout in this study since I went to college without the benefit of a high school diploma. (I got one when I was junior, but only after paying an old library fine.) Still, it's a reasonably fair comparative study and useful as such.
This appears to be a reasonable reading of the data, but figuring this is not as straightforward as you might think. For instance: do you count GED grads? (Manhatten doesn't) Kids who move? Come to think of it, I would have counted as a dropout in this study since I went to college without the benefit of a high school diploma. (I got one when I was junior, but only after paying an old library fine.) Still, it's a reasonably fair comparative study and useful as such.
