Read more high school dropouts stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/26990/high-school-dropouts.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 7:09:34 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/65773/texas-education-chief-stop-hiring-dropouts.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTexas Education Commissioner Robert Scott, reeling from criticism that the state is underreporting its dropout rates, called yesterday on the state’s leading business group to institute a voluntary ban on hiring dropouts, the Dallas Morning News reports. “It would send a powerful message to these kids,” Scott argued, and it...http://www.newser.com/story/65773/texas-education-chief-stop-hiring-dropouts.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 31 Jul 2009 13:30:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/52891/obama-to-push-merit-pay-for-teachers-in-schools-plan.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn a speech today before the US Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, President Obama will lay out his plan for American schools, reports the Wall Street Journal . Most controversially, the president aims to expand merit pay for teachers, a measure that Democratic teacher unions are traditionally leery of. If teachers develop...http://www.newser.com/story/52891/obama-to-push-merit-pay-for-teachers-in-schools-plan.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 10 Mar 2009 7:42:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/46773/palin-my-future-son-in-laws-no-dropout.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSarah Palin is blasting media reports that her daughter and future son-in-law are high school dropouts, reports the Anchorage Daily News . The Alaska governor told several news outlets that eldest daughter Bristol, who just gave birth to Palin's first grandchild, starts her last semester in high school next week, and...http://www.newser.com/story/46773/palin-my-future-son-in-laws-no-dropout.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 01 Jan 2009 9:10:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/22058/states-hide-big-high-school-dropout-rates.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMany states report rosy high school graduation rates to Washington but publicize much lower figures at home, the New York Times reports. The higher rates often fail to account for the nation's growing legion of dropouts, but states are leery to give the feds bad numbers in part because of...http://www.newser.com/story/22058/states-hide-big-high-school-dropout-rates.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 20 Mar 2008 10:18:51 CDT