Paul McCartney crashes collegel graduation band in Winter ParkNews from Bradenton Herald: A Tampa band called Phase5 was playing a graduation party in Winter Park on Saturday when Paul McCartney asked if he could join them on stage for some songs, according to lead singer Josh Walther. WINTER PARK — A Tampa band called Phase5 [...]
State schools chief: No more tests for high school graduationNews from TheNewsTribune.com: Washington state’s top education official wants to stop requiring students to pass high-stakes exams before they can graduate from high school, a proposal that would reverse years of standardized testing policy in the state. The idea from state schools chief Randy Dorn comes [...]
High school graduation rates at historic highNews from Washington Post: Calling it “a profound milestone,” Education Secretary Arne Duncan said Monday that the country has reached its highest graduation rate in history, with 80 percent of students receiving a diploma in 2012, the most recent year for which statistics are available. “As a country, we owe [...]
San Jose conference held to boost Latino college graduationNews from San Jose Mercury News: SAN JOSE — Joining hundreds of other Latinos, Robert and Robyn Rodriguez hustled through San Jose State’s sprawling campus early Saturday morning with their 10-year-old son, Ceasar, so they could find a seat at a conference intended to boost Latino college [...]
Ga. high school graduation gets more complicatedNews from McDuffie Mirror: Graduating high school in Georgia just got complicated, and graduating high school with a HOPE scholarship got even more complicated than that. Beginning this year, the state is requiring every eighth grader to complete a high school graduation plan at the end of the school [...]
Ga. high school graduation gets more complicatedNews from The Augusta Chronicle: Graduating high school in Georgia just got complicated, and graduating high school with a HOPE scholarship got even more complicated than that. Beginning this year, the state is requiring every eighth grader to complete a high school graduation plan at the end of the [...]
Texas Posts Top High School Graduation Rates, But Why?News from KUHF-FM: While skeptics say reporting requirements for state graduation rates contain too many loopholes, other education policy experts say Texas deserves credit for implementing innovative programs to keep students in school. With witnesses in a school finance trial testifying daily on the challenges facing public [...]
High school graduation rate for black males rises above 50 percent, still far …News from Washington Post: WASHINGTON — More than half the young black men who graduated high school in 2010 earned their diploma in four years, an improved graduation rate that still lagged behind that of their white counterparts, according to an education [...]
92 students get high school diplomas at Middletown Adult Education graduationNews from Middletown Press: More Photos Click thumbnails to enlarge English teacher Cathleen Cody adjusts the graduation gown of Zayne Edinger, of East Hampton, prior to the ceremony. (Photo by Viktoria Sundqvist) Students line up in the Middletown High School gym before the walk to [...]
Graduation rate high in Franklin County schoolsNews from Chambersburg Public Opinion: Area school districts are doing a better job graduating students than their counterparts throughout the state, but their job is never done. The U.S. Department of Education has set a 90 percent on-time graduation rate goal starting with the Class of 2020. In one [...]
