Public Education Katastrofy

Um, what's a kuhtastrofy?

From the Denver Post:

According to a new study by America's Promise Alliance, 17 of the nation's 50 largest cities had high school graduation rates lower than 50 percent. Former Secretary of State Colin Powell, whose wife, Alma, chairs the alliance, calls it a "catastrophe."

This is up from 14 districts five years ago. This is more than disturbing. Regretfully, many Texas cities are really lagging. See this 2002-3 chart. I know that here in Texas much of this is due to the flight of the more well-off to the suburbs to escape the bad schools but less than 50%? That is abominable.