Speaking at the annual meeting of elementary school teachers yesterday, Mr. Kennedy said more than 32 per cent of Ontario's secondary school students -- 48,000 students -- dropped out during the 2003-2004 school year. In comparison, in 1999, the year the province introduced a new curriculum phasing out Grade 13, he said the dropout rate was 22 per cent.
"I guess overall we would say 22 per cent (in 1999) wasn't unacceptable and 32 per cent is utterly unacceptable," Mr. Kennedy said yesterday.
Why would people drop out at such a rate?
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