The Story Behind The Record-High Graduation Rate

In his State of the Union address back in January, President Obama had some sure-fire applause lines: "More of our kids are graduating than ever before," and "Our high school graduation rate has hit an all-time high." Which raised some interesting questions: "Is that really true?" and "Why?" and "How do we know?" and "So what?"

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