Google Mapping Top High Schools (2008) in United States

Newsweek has published a list of Top High Schools (1300+) in United States. Topping the list is "Basis Charter" from Tucson, Arizona. Alaska, Hawaii and North Dakota did not have any schools listed.

Check out Newsweek's entire list of Top 1300+ schools in United States on Google Maps at mibazaar.

Cities in Crisis - Low High School Graduation Rates

A report released by America's Promise Alliance finds that America's largest cities (click image for Google Maps View) are struggling to keep students in school. The report states

Our analysis finds that graduating from high school in the America’s largest cities amounts, essentially, to a coin toss. Only about one-half (52 percent) of students in the principal school systems of the 50 largest cities complete high school with a diploma. That rate is well below the national graduation rate of 70 percent, and even falls short of the average for urban districts across the country (60 percent). Only six of these 50 principal districts reach or exceed the national average. In the most extreme cases (Baltimore, Cleveland, Detroit, and Indianapolis), fewer than 35 percent of students graduate with a diploma.