"In this country, we have a 25 percent dropout rate."
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Education Secretary Arne Duncan says one-quarter of U.S. students drop out
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Arne Duncan, comments on ABC's This Week with Christiane Amanpour, Aug. 29, 2010
PolitiFact Texas, "Hutchison says one-third of kids drop out," Feb 25, 2010
National Center for Education Statistics, "Public School Graduates and Dropouts From the Common Core of Data: School Year 2007–08," June 2010
E-mail interview with David Bills, professor at the University of Iowa College of Education, Aug. 30, 2010
Interview with Lori Taylor, an associate professor at the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University
E-mail interview with Chris Chapman, statistician at the U.S. Education Department's National Center for Education Statistics, Aug. 30, 2010
E-mail interview with Jane Arnold Lincove, assistant professor at the Lyndon Baines Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas, Aug. 30, 2010
E-mail interview with Chris Swanson, vice president of research and development for Editorial Projects in Education, Aug. 30, 2010
E-mail interview with Tracy Dell'Angela, director of outreach and communications with the U.S. Education Department's Institute of Education Sciences, Aug. 30, 2010
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