"It requires a lot of wraparound services. It's not easy; but we have to do it. You can't just write-off one-third of your high school graduates. You can't do that in this economy."
??? Nancy McCallin, President, Colorado Community College System
"Nearly One in Three Colo. Graduates Needs Remedial Courses in College, Study Finds," Denver Post
800:
Number of hours Texas Education Agency staffers spent on a Race to the Top application before Gov. Rick Perry announced that Texas would not compete.
"State Secrets on Texas School Front," Houston Chronicle