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Oct 17

WATCH: Obama addresses record high school graduation rates

By Kevin Freking, Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The nation's high school graduation rate has reached a record 83.2 percent, continuing a steady increase that shows improvement across all racial and ethnic groups, according to federal data released Monday.

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Aug 09

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What one assistant principal learned from shadowing a student for a day

By PBS News Hour

Karen Ritter, an assistant principal at a high school just outside of Chicago, wanted to see her school through a student’s eyes. So she decided to follow 9th grader Alan Garcia, who came to her asking to be switched out…

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Aug 08

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Alabama lawyer seeks to remind school-based police that students are still children

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Last September, a federal court in Alabama ruled that the disciplinary practices used by the Birmingham Police Department toward high school students were unconstitutional. The police department’s appeal will be heard next month. Ebony Howard, the lawyer who filed the…

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Jun 28

The business class where high school students are running the company

By Vic Pasquantonio

A 20-year-old entrepreneur credits a high school business class with giving him the skills and drive to start his own company.

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Apr 27

Math scores slip, reading flat for nation’s 12th-graders

By Jennifer C. Kerr, Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The nation's high school seniors are slipping in math and failing to make progress in reading, with just one-third of the 12th graders ready for the academic challenges of college.

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Apr 01

Should students be paid for their academic achievements?

By Sandy Petrykowski

A new app called Raise.me is designed to help colleges offer financial incentives to high school students for academic accomplishments in the form of "micro-scholarships."…

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Mar 18

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What can motivate low-income high school kids to apply to college?

By PBS News Hour

This month, many prospective college students are anticipating an admissions decision from their dream school. Keith Frome, author of “How’s My Kid Doing?” has worked with high school students across the country and believes he has found the key to…

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Jan 31

States move to issue high school diplomas retroactively

By Catherine Gewertz, Education Week

New laws are giving students who never passed their state's required high school exit exams another chance to graduate.

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Jan 29

Watch 2:15
Female cadet commands respect at her high school

By PBS News Hour

Shantell Gonzalez of Alonzo and Tracy Mourning Senior High in Miami refuses to let gender stereotypes get in the way of service to her country: she is the only female CO in her school’s Junior ROTC unit. Our Student Reporting…

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Oct 03

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‘They don’t allow you to fail’: In custom classrooms, at-risk students thrive

By PBS News Hour

At a New York City high school, a technique called blended learning replaces a portion of traditional face-to-face instruction with online learning. The computerized curriculum has been shown to help at-risk students learn at the own pace. NewsHour's Hari Sreenivasan…

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