Dropout rate “catastrophe”

“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.”

To fix the mess, education leaders have sprung into action. Yep, they’re going to have meetings. Fifty state “summits,” where local experts — you know, the ones who have reliably failed before — can chew the fat. And rest assured, teachers unions, the chief obstruction to progress, will seldom be mentioned by participants.”

Rest.