“The national graduation rate stands at 68.8 percent for the class of 2007, the most recent year for which data are available. That represents a slight drop, four-tenths of a percentage point, from the previous high school class; it also marks the second consecutive year of declines in the national graduation rate, following a decade of mostly solid improvement.” – Education Week, Diplomas Count 2010
WestEd’s Strategic Literacy Initiative
CommunicationWorks is helping some of the nation’s top literacy experts release their new book, Leading for Literacy, which is designed to guide superintendents, principals, teacher leaders, and advocates through every step of organizing and promoting a culture of literacy throughout a school or district.