Minority students drive improvement in Utah’s high school graduation rate
Latest numbers from Utah Board of Education show achievement gaps persists between white and minority students, but the margin is narrowing.
(Trent Nelson | Tribune file photo) Water Canyon High School graduate Danielle Barlow breaks down in tears in the arm of a friend, Paula Barlow, after a graduation ceremony in Hildale, Monday May 22, 2017. Barlow is the 13th of 16 children, and the first to earn a high school diploma.