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January 26th, 2013 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda More students will dress in caps and gowns as the high school graduation rate is at an all-time historic high. According to a report put out by the National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES), research conductors for the U.S. Education Department, the Average Freshman Graduation Rate (AFGR) from the 2009-2010 school year increase a whole percentage point (and a little more) compared to that of the 2008-2009 findings.
The report collected data across the U.S. to determine high school completers (any student who earned a high school diploma or an equivalent credential), the AFGR (the percentage of students who graduated once entering the ninth grade) and the drop out rate for grades nine through 12 who attended public schools within the 2009-2010 school year. It determined that out of the 4 million students who started the ninth grade during the 2006-2007 school year, 3.1 billion students graduated from high school or 78.2 percent, according to the report.
The AFGR was broken down further by state and calculated that with Vermont posting the highest rate of graduates at 91.4 percent followed by Wisconsin at 91.1 percent. North Dakota, Minnesota, New Jersey and New Hampshire also came out on top. Nevada ranked the lowest with an AFGR rate of 57.8 percent, according to the report. Washington, DC and Mississippi also ranked on the bottom.
The report went on to calculate the AFGR by race and determined Asian/Pacific Inslander students had the highest percentage of graduates to receive a high school diploma or equivalency credentials at 93.5 percent. White and Hispanic students followed close behind, while black students came in last with the lowest percent.
The drop out rate across the U.S. decreased from 4.1 percent calculated in 2008-2009 to 3.4 percent in the 2009-2010 school year out of the 500,000 students who were to graduate. New Hampshire and Idaho posed the lowest drop out rate while Arizona and Mississippi accounted for the highest rate, according to the report.
While these findings might make President Obama’s “2020 goal” to increase the number of college graduates by 50 percent at the end of the decade seem somewhat achievable, the College Board determined that less than half of these high school graduates were ready for college, according to the Huffington Post. But the increase of high school students graduating on time is a milestone for the U.S. and a gain for the U.S. Education Department.
Source Article from http://www.nationofchange.org/us-high-school-graduation-rate-historic-high-1359131500
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