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The report, issued by America's Promise Alliance, found that about half of the students served by public school systems in the nation's largest cities receive diplomas.

Students in suburban and rural public high schools were more likely to graduate than their counterparts in urban public high schools, the researchers said.

Nationally, about 70 percent of U.S. students graduate on time with a regular diploma and about 1.2 million students drop out annually.

"When more than 1 million students a year drop out of high school, it's more than a problem, it's a catastrophe," said former Secretary of State Colin Powell, founding chair of the alliance.

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written by Overstand , April 01, 2008

Parents really need to step up on this. The students need to step up too. At this point, trying to get ya seed to go to college aint even the main issue, just getting them out of highschool is a task. Goals people, set them a lil' higher.

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