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Former teacher keeps promise to former students, attends their high school graduation

DENVER — A former Sheridan Elementary School teacher returned to Colorado from Boston to fulfill a promise he made to his fourth-grade students eight years ago: that he would be there to watch them ...
Politifact

Getting to No. 1 for the high school graduation rate won't happen by itself

As part of a group of promises to invest in education, Gov. Rick Scott promised in his second term to "be No. 1 in nation for high school graduation rates." There are a few different ways to measure ...
WTEN

Teacher fulfills promise to students 12 years later

ROTTERDAM, N.Y. (NEWS10) – A Capital Region elementary school teacher makes good on a 12-year-old promise to her former kindergarten students. That promise was to attend their high school graduation. ...
Politifact

Lack of good data makes it impossible to know yet

In the 2008 campaign when Barack Obama pledged to improve high school graduation rates, it seemed to us that it would be an easy figure to check down the road. Of course, all one would need to do is ...