Tennessee named largest graduation rate increase in new study (Kingsport: high school, university)

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ALBANY, N.Y.—The national high school graduation rate remained flat at about 75 percent between 2002 and 2006, while a dozen states made substantial gains, according to a new report by researchers at Johns Hopkins University.

The report, released Thursday by the Baltimore university's Everyone Graduates Center, found the largest gain was in Tennessee, where the rate rose from 61 percent to 72 percent. New York's rate increased from 64 percent to 67 percent.


Report: 12 states made gains in HS graduation rate - Boston.com (http://www.boston.com/news/local/new_hampshire/articles/2009/03/12/report_12_states_made_gains_in_hs_graduation_rate/ - broken link)

Here is the link to the study:
http://www.every1graduates.org/PDFs/StateProgressReport.pdf (broken link)

"Other examples were model efforts in Kingsport and Sullivan counties in which local government paid high school graduates’ tuition at the local community college."


Way to go TN kids and parents, keep up the good/ hard work!