From Bridge Michigan: “Whitmore Lake sent 71.4 percent of its grads to college, despite its high poverty rate. The school, just north of Ann Arbor, is one of 19 high schools across Michigan that sent more than 70 percent of its graduates to college last year despite having a student population that was more than 40 percent economically disadvantaged. “Here’s how they do it.
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