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Fri, Jun 8, 2007 -- 9:00 AM

High School Graduation Rates


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The show examines California high school graduation rates. What do the numbers tell us, and what are some of the factors keeping students from completing high school?

Host: Dave Iverson

Guests:

  • Darrell Steinberg, senator representing California's 6th Senate District
  • Frank Victorio, founder of the Moral Values Program, which is employed at McClatchy High School in Sacramento
  • John Affeldt, managing attorney with Public Advocates, Inc.
  • Keric Ashley, director of the data management division of the California Department of Education
  • Russell Rumberger, professor at the Gevirtz Graduate School of Education at the University of California, Santa Barbara

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