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...staggering statistic: one in four American teenagers drops out of school before graduation, a rate that rises to one in three among black and Hispanic students. But there's no federal system keeping track of the more than 7,000 American teenagers who drop out of school each...
...will go one step further than that. Not only will they identify schools that need support to improve, but they will help highlight reforms that are actually working. Take, for example, efforts in Georgia, where a graduation coach is assigned to each high school to ensure students stay on track. The program is only a few years old, but the state's graduation rate appears to be rising. The new call for federal data will help other states determine whether a program like Georgia's would be a good use of their resources. Plus, more accurate information may ultimately make...
...Micheli sentenced Guede, who'd requested a fast-track trial, to 30 years in prison, a reduction granted by the abbreviated procedure after prosecutors had requested the maximum life sentence. The victim's parents, who had come from their home in Surrey, England, to follow the trial, were present at the closed-door reading of the verdict, and according to their lawyer were satisfied with the judge's decision...
...which they say had the defendants' DNA on it because it had been left on the crime scene for days after the murder. But each defendant's legal team has insinuated in court that the fellow defendants may be responsible for the murder. Guede reportedly chose the fast-track procedure because he feared the other two defendants had a pact against...
...argument they don’t make. MAIC’s opponent, the group known as Grey2K responsible for supporting the ballot initiative, notes on their website that in Massachusetts, dog racing is already ceasing to be a real concern. At the state’s two dog tracks, they observe, gambling revenues have dropped 65 and 37 percent in the last five years. In Revere, where one of those tracks is located, city officials are beginning the process of foreclosure: The management of Wonderland Greyhound Park has evidently failed to pay almost $790,000 in taxes since 2006. Greyhound...