Graduation Rates Increase Around The Globe As U.S. Plateaus
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Series: WAMU 88.5's American Graduate Series
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Other countries have pulled ahead, and the U.S. falls behind
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More than at any other time, getting a good job requires a strong education, especially in a global market. But in international rankings of high school graduation, the U.S. is near the bottom of the list of developed countries. It's a statistic that has not gone unnoticed by educators and policymakers at the highest levels, and many of them are now looking to other countries to see where American schools can improve.
In 2009, President Obama spoke to students at Wakefield High School in Arlington, carrying a strong message: dropping out is not patriotic.
"If you quit on school, you're not just quitting on yourself, you're quitting on your country," he said.
The president has said other countries were "out-educating us." It seems they're also out-graduating us.
The United States used to be number one for high school graduation. But times have changed. In 2009, the U.S. ranked 21st...
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