Earlier this month, the Casey Foundation ranked New Mexico last in education, yet again. Strangely, a few weeks before, New Mexico’s Public Education Department boasted that high school graduation ...

This article was originally published in SC Daily Gazette. COLUMBIA — South Carolina high schools posted their highest graduation rate in a decade, but a quarter of students still aren’t ready for ...

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Credit recovery programs help high school students that have failed courses graduate. Advocates say it prevents students from dropping out while critics say it lowers standards. U.S. high schools are ...