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Students wait outside Everest College in Industry, Calif., hoping to get their transcriptions and information on loan forgiveness and transferring credits to other schools. In April, the school was one of the last Corinthian Colleges campuses to close. Christine Armario/AP hide caption
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Lannie Castagne teaches first grade at Brimley Elementary School. She does monthly reading assessments to make sure her students are on track. Jennifer Guerra/Michigan Public Radio hide caption
A Recipe For Success With Two Student Groups That Often Struggle
Zaid Yassin and his 5-year-old daughter, Fatima, came to Travis County Court in Austin, Texas, to defend Fatima's 23 missed days of school. Elissa Nadworny/NPR hide caption
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Whaley walks his students back to class from the library. Christopher Gregory for NPR hide caption
One Teacher's Quest To Build Language Skills ... And Self-Confidence
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"Instead of focusing on courses and credits students need to take, we're going to focus on the skills and knowledge they need to have to enter the classroom," says Arthur Levine, the president of the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation. Cargo/ImageZoo/Corbis hide caption
A Vision For Teacher Training At MIT: West Point Meets Bell Labs
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Sam Venable teaches music at Langston Hughes Elementary in New Orleans. LA Johnson/NPR hide caption
Hot Jazz, Cool Teacher: How One New Orleans Man Fosters Greatness
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Kendrick Lamar visits Brian Mooney's English classes at High Tech High School in North Bergen, N.J., on Monday. Adam Wolffbrandt/NPR hide caption
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The U.S. high school graduation rate was 81 percent in 2013, the most recent year in which federal data are available. LA Johnson/NPR hide caption
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Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel focused on disadvantaged youth in Chicago in his inaugural speech after being sworn in to a second term as mayor. Phil Velasquez/Chicago Tribune/Getty Images hide caption
Graduation Rates: Chicago Says It Will Keep Better Track of At-Risk Students
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Students sit below a bulletin board of graduation notifications at Scavo Alternative High School in Des Moines, Iowa. Elissa Nadworny/NPR hide caption
Guess Which State Has The Best High School Graduation Rate?
