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The U.S. Department of Education is celebrating a new milestone for the nation’s high-school graduation rate, with just over 82 percent of seniors earning diplomas in 2014. But these statistics, like so many others in the education realm, should come...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s high school graduation rate has ticked up slightly to 82 percent, a new high. The Education Department said Tuesday that the rate for the 2013-14 school year — up from 81 percent the previous year — was the highest since...

Just 10 years ago, the nation’s on-time high school graduation rate was hovering around 70 percent, where it had been stuck for decades. Today, the graduation rate is 82.3 percent, the highest in history. And, significantly, we’ve seen the greatest increases...

High school graduation rates have been the source of a lot of news coverage -- and conflicting emotions -- in the past few weeks. President Obama and more than a dozen governors hailed increasing graduation rates in their annual addresses. At the same...

US High School graduation rates began escalating in 2006 and have reached 80% in the U.S. Texas is one of the top performers with an 89% graduation rate. They are projecting a 90% graduation rate in the next 6yrs if the current rate increase continues...