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  [Minnesota] blacks' graduation rate among worst in U.S.
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MediaNewspaper - St. Paul Pioneer Press
News DateWednesday, June 21, 2006 07:00:00 PM UTC0:0
DescriptionMinnesota has one of the highest high school graduation rates in the nation, but posts one of the worst for black students.

Although the state's overall graduation rate ranks eighth in the U.S., fewer than half of its black students — 44 percent — received their diplomas on time in 2003, according an Education Week magazine analysis released Tuesday. Only six states posted lower graduation rates for black students.
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