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Tuesday, May 21, 2013  Georgia Department of Education officials have released new graduation numbers and say that the public high school graduation rate rose more than two percentage points over the previous year – from 67.4 percent in 2011 to 69.7 percent in 2012.

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.

Friday, April 13, 2012  Updated with video; Friday, Lee County High School Seniors got a chance to motivate middle school students to finish school in a very creative way.

Wednesday, April 11, 2012  Updated with video; The Georgia Department of Education has released new graduation rate data for the state; new calculation method produces lower rates.

Monday, March 19, 2012  Aggressive efforts to prevent students from dropping out contributed to a modest 3.5 percentage point increase nationally in the high school graduation rate from 2001 to 2009, according to research presented Monday at the Grad Nation summit in Washington.