Men havenât a clue about why they prefer certain body shapes or why their brains light up when they see narrow waists and well-rounded hips and thighs. But the preferences encoded in their genes by millennia of evolution help reveal what it is about womenâs bodies that foretells success in having children.
All states and the District of Columbia have reported ACGR rates. Based on those state-reported data, the U.S. Department of Education indicates that the nationâs graduation rate reached an all-time high, 82 percent for the class of 2014. Thatâs an increase of 1 percentage point over the prior year.
Engberg and Gill RAND Graduation Rates July 2006 WR-372-PPS 17 (which do not include Pittsburgh) range from 89 percent at the high end to 42 percent at the low end. A graduation rate of 64 percent would place the Pittsburgh Public Schools squarely in the middle of the distribution among urban districts.