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Two city schools labeled as ‘dropout factories’

Contributing Reporter
Published Tuesday, November 6, 2007

High schools may not usually fall under the dictionary definition of “factory,” but according to a study conducted at Johns Hopkins University, two local high schools are indeed factories — producing high school dropouts en masse.

New Haven’s Wilbur Cross and James Hillhouse high schools are two of the 14 Connecticut schools and 1,700 schools nationwide listed as “dropout factories” in the study on high school dropout trends. Since the release of the list last week, local school administrators and educators nationwide have criticized the study for its treatment of federal...

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