Graduation Promise Act

David Hoff (Education Week online) has an interesting article on the Graduation Promise Act and its connection to the reauthorization of NCLB. Here are the first few paragraphs, but I recommend reading the entire article if you want some updated info on NCLB reauthorization.

A bipartisan group of senators introduced a plan last week to turn around U.S. high schools with the worst dropout problems.

In the most comprehensive congressional proposal addressing high school improvement introduced this year, five members of the Senate education committee are sponsoring a bill that would authorize $2.4 billion a year to provide grants to high schools with the highest dropout rates and support proven methods to increase their graduation rates and help middle schools identify students at risk of not completing high school.

Half of the nation’s dropouts attend 15 percent of its high schools, one researcher told the Senate education committee, pointing out that the problem can be addressed with a targeted grant program reaching about 2,000 schools.