Graduation Rate
Read more about the percent of students who graduate from high school and efforts to increase it
Early Childhood
U.S. Trails in College Graduation in Global Study
A 34-nation study from the OECD finds U.S. students lagging at both ends of the education pipeline—preschool enrollment and college graduation.
College & Workforce Readiness
Opinion
'Do No Harm': A Hippocratic Oath for Schools
School leaders should take a cue from medicine and find ways to examine and learn from their failures, Courtney Stewart writes.
College & Workforce Readiness
Report Roundup
Graduation Rates
A federally funded pilot study is showing promising early results for a tiered intervention to boost graduation rates, finds the research group.
College & Workforce Readiness
Report Roundup
Graduation Requirements
Increasing graduation requirements, all by itself, is unlikely to make students better prepared for college or careers in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, concludes a new report.
School & District Management
Early Progress Reported on High School Reform Experiment
A review of the Diplomas Now intervention model shows progress is easier in developing additional student interventions and supports than changing teaching within the classroom.
College & Workforce Readiness
Tenn. Brings High School Equivalency Exams to Rural Residents
The mobile units will allow residents to take high school equivalency exams in rural areas.
College & Workforce Readiness
Report Calls for States to Rethink High School Exit Exams
A New America Foundation report argues that as states transition to the common core, high school exits exams should be eliminated or used differently.
School & District Management
Want More Kids to Graduate? Report Suggests Starting with Mom and Dad
A new report suggests "dual generation" anti-poverty programs could boost the achievement and prosperity of parents and children alike.
States
La. Graduation Flexibility Law Creates 'Significant Concerns' for Ed. Dept.
The new measure allows IEP teams to create graduation requirements, but that may end up running afoul of current federal policy, according to a recent letter to John White, the state's school chief.
College & Workforce Readiness
Alaska Adopts New Rating Formula For Small Rural Schools
Alaska has altered the formula used to rate schools to account for unique challenges of small, rural, and alternative schools
College & Workforce Readiness
U.S. Graduation Rate Breaks 80 Percent
Borrowing for the first time on the federal government's new method of calculating high school graduation rates, Education Week's annual Diplomas Count report notes that 81 percent of the class of 2012 graduated on time, although gaps remain among some racial and ethnic groups.
Student Well-Being & Movement
Spurring Student Success: It's More Than Academics
Students have to want to come to school, work hard, and graduate. And they have to feel capable of achieving their academic goals. The trick for educators is to figure out how to make that happen.
Special Education
Spec. Ed. Bill Advances in Louisiana, With Backing of State Schools Chief
A more restrictive version of a bill allowing individualized education program, or IEP, teams to create graduation and grade promotion decisions goes to the state Senate on Wednesday.