Our nation graduates only 84.1% of its high school students and that is too low for a nation that wants to advance economically and technologically. The US releases graduation data for every year, but only collects and releases data from […]

The most important goal of the public K-12 education system is a high school diploma. However, the US adjusted cohort graduation rate is only 84.1%[1]. South Korea[2] and Finland[3] graduate 93% of their high […]

The US national graduation rate is 84.1%. However, it is estimated that a “90 percent high school graduation rate would likely create more than 65,000 new jobs and boost gross domestic product by $11.5 billion annually.”[1] Certainly a […]

Washington DC public schools (DCPS) are going through a crisis as the reality of high school graduation standards hits home. For the 2017 graduation year, “900 of 2,758 students who graduated from a D.C. public school last year either […]

Every year, on beautiful spring days, you can see a yellow-green dust on your car windshield in the morning. That’s pollen and it makes spring the peak season for those with allergies and asthma to have breathing problems.

Asthma is […]

Knowing how something changes over time can alter how we think about the topic. Are our efforts useful or not? Are there other factors making it change? Is it changing in the “right” direction? The US Department of Education data […]

This code was put together to see if there is a relationship between chronic absenteeism among K-12 public and charter school students and opioid prescription rates. Chronic absenteeism is shockingly high among kindergartners and 1st graders. At that age, the […]