Editorial Projects in Education Inc., the foremost authority on educational issues in America and publisher of Education Week magazine, has released a new study outlining graduation rates across America.
The study evaluates states and the largest cities of the country and ranks them. They study uses precise calculations based off of the Cumulative Promotion Index. The calculation, in a nutshell, measures the number of 9th graders that receive their diploma 4 years later.
This study revealed that Baltimore has the 3rd lowest graduation rate among large cities. Detroit, known for members of the Pistons with criminal records and unemployment rates of +70% among black males, leads the list with a 24.9% graduation rate.
Cleveland, which rocks, is second with a 34.1% graduation rate. One would immediately wonder if 39 year-old LeBron James classified as graduating on time. During his senior year, he was the only high school basketball player in the country who drove a Hummer to have a grey beard. His grandchildren make fun of him all the time.
Finally, Baltimore came in third. This would be wonderful if we were talking about the Orioles and the American League East. Unfortunately, we are talking about the third worst high school graduation rate in American. Baltimore's graduation rate, according to Education Week, is 34.6%.
My thoughts immediately turn to Martin O'Malley's website which claims that the graduation rate is, in fact, 61%. There clearly must be a mistake! Honest Marty wouldn't lie to us, would he? Other than all the other lies, this one is hard to believe.
The difference between the Teflon Leprechaun's official campaign website and the educational research shows a difference of 26.4%, in whole terms. Or, mathematically, O'Malley's claim is 77% higher than the actual rate. For those of you who went to public schools (especially the ones in Baltimore City), 34.6% x 1.77 = 61%. I know that's a complicated formula, with the multiplying and equaling involved, but trust me on this.
If O'Malley's figures were correct, Baltimore would be slightly behind Charlotte, NC, where household income soars above Baltimore, crime is far below Baltimore, and the left-wing liberal extremists are few and employed at Whole Foods.
Who's right? You know who's right. But it doesn't matter. Maryland prefers flowery pretty liberals in office rather than those who are able to rule successfully. When does that bus leave for Charlotte?
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