Alejandro Medina, 10, participated in an after-school literacy program at Excel Academy Charter School in East Boston. To ratchet up success, students attend class nearly eight hours a day, and many receive tutoring after school or on Saturdays.
(Erik Jacobs for The Boston Globe)
Graduation rate lowest for Hispanic male students
Declines as other groups make strides
Alejandro Medina, 10, participated in an after-school literacy program at Excel Academy Charter School in East Boston. To ratchet up success, students attend class nearly eight hours a day, and many receive tutoring after school or on Saturdays.
(Erik Jacobs for The Boston Globe)
MALDEN - Little more than half of the Hispanic male students last year graduated from high school within four years, a slight decline from the previous year, even as other demographic groups began closing an achievement gap, according to a state report released yesterday. (Full article: 879 words)
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