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Taxpayers Aren’t At Fault For Oregon’s Abysmal Graduation Rate

Willamette Week recently reported that, sadly, Oregon now has the third-lowest graduation rate in the country, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. Oregon’s four-year adjusted public high school graduation rate was 74.8% in 2015-16. Only Nevada and New Mexico have lower graduation rates. The Oregon Education Association, a teachers union, blames this abysmal […]
Written by Kathryn Hickok January 6, 2018January 6, 2018

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