Among America's kids growing up in poverty today, only half are likely to graduate from high school. (The national average from public schools is 70 percent.) Among those who do, the average will perform at the eighth-grade level. Only a tenth are likely to graduate from college. (The national average for earning a bachelor's degree in six years is around 55 percent.) Since African-American and Hispanic kids are three times more likely to be poor than Asians or whites, these are problems of race and class.