You've got to wonder how long it will take the nation to recognize the role that poverty is playing in inner-city children's education.According to Associated Press, a new report says that in urban public school systems throughout the country, the graduation rate is only about 50 percent, way lower than the rate for students in suburban and rural schools.The report was published by America's Promise Alliance, an organization founded by former Secretary of State Colin Powell. Its findings mimic those familiar to people in the Greater Rochester area.Seems to me you can draw one of only two conclusions. Either teachers
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