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Tuesday, January 22, 2013  The nation's high school graduation rate is the highest since 1976, but more than a fifth of students are still failing to get their diploma in four years, reveals an Education Department study.

Saturday, September 01, 2012  Updated with video; For those adults who didn't finish high school but would like to go back and complete their GED, Moultrie Technical College is offering one of their resources for free.

Monday, August 13, 2012  Darton College held its annual State of the College Address Monday morning as a way to prepare faculty and staff for the upcoming year as well as congratulate them for last year's accomplishments.

Tuesday, June 26, 2012  Updated with video; Parents and community members are heated over a proposal to turn Albany High School into a charter school. The proposal is set to be reviewed by the Dougherty County Board of Education on Wednesday.

Monday, May 21, 2012  Albany High School held their second annual ninth grade graduation this afternoon in an attempt to continue decreasing the dropout rate.

Thursday, April 26, 2012  Updated with video; Student loan interest rates are set to double July 1st if congress doesn't act soon causing students to question whether or not dropout rates will increase while admissions will decrease.

Thursday, March 22, 2012  Updated with video; Dougherty County School Board Members are concerned the school system would not receive enough money per student through a "drop back in academy."

Wednesday, March 21, 2012  Updated with video; In our Facebook story of the day, you wanted to know what the local schools systems are doing to curb the high school dropout rate.

Tuesday, November 22, 2011  Updated with video; FOX 31 spoke with educators and a teenage dropout about the underlying reasons some students drop out of school.

Thursday, October 27, 2011  Updated with video; The Dougherty County School Board postpones their decision on a company for their "Drop Back In Academy" to view other choices and bids

Tuesday, October 25, 2011  A Boys & Girls Clubs of Albany program brought up grades of participating local students by 50 percent; for this accomplishment, they received a state award.

Wednesday, August 31, 2011  Dougherty County high schools are holding an open house for parents to speak with teachers and see progress reports.

Thursday, March 17, 2011  Communities in Schools’ held its ‘Reflections on Our Youth’ program at Café 230 this evening.

Monday, October 11, 2010  The federal government spent $1.5 billion and states spent $1.4 billion on grants for students who didn't start their sophomore years.

Monday, July 13, 2009  The district also slashed the dropout rate from 4.6 percent in 2008 to 3.1 percent in 2009.