PROMISES, PROMISES: Obama on tough education path

Source: miamiherald.com Posted By: Nishel R...4063 days ago

One in four Americans doesn't earn a high school diploma on time. The nation lags internationally in the percentage of young people who complete college. And for future college students, tuition costs are climbing at a double-digit clip. If the U.S. wants to remain globally competitive, those trends must be reversed before the country is set back decades, perhaps irrevocably.
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The campaign promise:
President Barack Obama promised to take the nation's high school graduation rate to 90 percent....

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