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Showboating Grad Denied Diploma

by Sandy Maple, Posted Jun 19th 2009 2:00PM

School comes down hard on gleeful graduate. Image: Sara Haj-Hassan/sxc.hu
It has become common practice these days for school officials to enforce some pretty strict rules regarding behavior at graduation ceremonies. Graduates are expected to ...
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The high cost of high school drop-outs

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Feb 28th 2008 1:32PM

So, you say you don't really care whether or not someone else's kid bothers to finish high school? You know that your kid will be on their way to college and a high-paying job, so why should you worry about someone else's kid? The California Dropout ...
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Students denied diplomas because crowd cheers

by Sandy Maple, Posted Jun 2nd 2007 9:03AM

It's graduation day and the spectators have been warned: no cheering, hoots, hollers or other noises allowed while students are receiving their diplomas. This warning wasn't just a suggestion by school administrators; prior to commencement, students ...
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Texas high-schoolers don't always graduate

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Jan 29th 2007 2:57PM

One third of students in Texas don't graduate from high school; in the big cities, that figure goes up, with more than half of students dropping out. These figures come from the according to the San Antonio-based Intercultural Development Research ...
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