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Main story: Two high-poverty schools chase better graduation rates

Better Use of Information Could Help Agencies Identify Disparities and Address Racial Discrimination
(April 2016, Report to Congressional Requesters, United States Government Accountability Office)

Brown at 60: Great Progress, a Long Retreat and an Uncertain Future
Gary Orfield and Erica Frankenberg with Jongyeon Ee and John Kuscera
(May 2014, The Civil Rights Project)

Building a Grad Nation
Civic Enterprises and Everyone Graduates Center at Johns Hopkins University
(May 2016)

The Consequences of Dropping Out of High School
Andrew Sum et al.
(October 2009, Center for Labor Market Studies, Northeastern University)

Don't Call Them Dropouts: Understanding the Experiences of Young People Who Leave High School Before Graduation
Center for Promise, America's Promise Alliance
(May 2014)

Don't Quit on Me: What Young People Who Left School Say About the Power of Relationships
Center for Promise, America's Promise Alliance
(September 2016)

Dropping Out: Why Students Drop Out of High School and What Can Be Done About It
Russell W. Rumberger
(2011, Harvard University Press)

The Education of Blacks in the South, 1860-1935
James D. Anderson
(1988, The University of North Carolina Press)

Education and Economic Mobility
Ron Haskins
(February 2008, The Brookings Institution)

The Importance of Being in School
Robert Balfanz and Vaughan Byrnes
(May 2012, Johns Hopkins University)

In Search of Integration: Beyond Black & White
Rucker C. Johnson
(January 2014, NYU Furman Center)

Locating the Dropout Crisis. Which High Schools Produce the Nation's Dropouts? Where Are They Located? Who Attends Them?
Robert Balfanz and Nettie Legters
(September 2004, Center for Research on the Education of Students Placed at Risk)

Making The Grade: Assessing the Evidence for Integrated Student Supports
Kristin Anderson Moore, et al.
(February 2014, Child Trends)

New analyses of the influence of concentrated neighborhood poverty on schools, districts, and student success nationwide (presentation)
Daniel Princiotta
(December 2015, Johns Hopkins University)

Poverty and High School Dropouts
Russell Rumberger
(May 2013, American Psychological Association)

The Racial Achievement Gap, Segregated Schools, and Segregated Neighborhoods - A Constitutional Insult
Richard Rothstein
(November 2014, Economic Policy Institute)

School Segregation and Racial Academic Achievement Gaps
Sean F. Reardon
(October 2015, Stanford Center for Education Policy Analysis)

Whitening Miami: Race, Housing, and Government in Twentieth-Century Dade County
Raymond A. Mohl
(2001, The Florida Historical Quarterly)