High school graduation rate inches up

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High school graduation rate inches up

The U.S. public high-school graduation rate climbed to a 35-year high in 2010, according to new federal data, although U.S. high-school students are still struggling to keep up with their international peers ... "The country has finally woken up to the dropout crisis and what it really means to the individual and to the economy," said Bob Wise, president of the Alliance for Excellent Education, a nonprofit that advocates for polices to help improve high schools, such as more-rigorous curricula. "The best economic stimulus package is a diploma."