http://wamc.org en http://wamc.org/post/high-school-graduation-rates-improve-massachusetts <div><p></p><p><span id="_oneup">According to new data, 4-year high school graduation rates in Massachusetts are on the increase, while the dropout rate is on the decline. </span></p><p></p><p><span id="_oneup">State officials recently announced that the 4-year graduation rate has improved in the Bay State for the sixth year in a row. JC Considine, a spokesman for the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, said that the statewide dropout rate also decreased to 2.5% in the last school year. </span></p> Fri, 25 Jan 2013 21:25:00 +0000 Lucas Willard 56545 at http://wamc.org