APS School Chief: New Partnership Aims to Improve College Attendance, Completion
Tuesday, July 14th, 2015
When Atlanta Public Schools launched our new mission last year to create a caring culture of trust and collaboration where every student graduates ready for college and career, we truly embarked on a challenging, yet ambitious, effort. After all, the district had just reported a 59.1 percent graduation rate, and research showed that only 14 percent of APS 9th-graders completed post-secondary degrees within six years after high school graduation.
