KET - Kentucky Tonight: "Before the Show": Raising the Graduation Age

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Channel: KET - Kentucky Educational Television · 2012 · News & Politics

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Tonight on Kentucky Tonight, we tackle the subject of the graduation age for Kentucky high school students. Last week, even President Obama talked about the need to raise the bar. In 1970, the U.S. led the world in graduation age; now three out of ten high school freshman will not get a high school diploma. We talk about this distressing trend tonight, on Kentucky Tonight.

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