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Melissa Johnson stated on August 06, 2015 in a report:

Georgia has the 9th highest rate of adults, ages 18 to 64, without a high school diploma or GED.

By Nancy Badertscher• September 2, 2015

Chris Christie stated on December 29, 2011 in a radio interview:

Says "kids who start in the ninth grade in the city of Newark this past September, 23 percent of them will graduate in four years."

By Erin O'Neill• January 5, 2012

Tom Barrett stated on November 19, 2010 in a newsletter to Milwaukee residents:

"More than 125 jobs have been created" at the Milwaukee Job Corps Center.

By Tom Kertscher• January 5, 2011

Chris Christie stated on November 14, 2011 in an interview at Facebook headquarters:

Says 23 percent of ninth graders in Newark will graduate with a high school diploma in four years and "we spend $100,000 on their education in those four years, more than is spent on any other set of students in the United States."

By Erin O'Neill• November 17, 2011

Larry Valencia stated on March 19, 2013 in radio interview:

"Do you know that, statistically, when you take the SAT a second time, one third of the people that take the SAT, even if they've been studying, will get a lower score than they did the first time around?"

By Patrick Marley• March 24, 2013

Alex Sink stated on July 08, 2010 in a statement on her campaign website:

"Florida’s high school graduation rate falls well below the national average."

By Cristina Silva• July 8, 2010

Tommy Tuberville stated on March 02, 2023 in a speech at the CPAC conference:

"Half the kids in this country, when they graduate, can’t read their diploma.”

By Louis Jacobson• March 20, 2023

David A. Clarke Jr. stated on January 23, 2012 in remarks :

Says Milwaukee blacks have 55 percent male unemployment, 60 percent truancy, a 50 percent graduation rate, the "worst" reading scores and "lead" in infant mortality.

By Tom Kertscher• February 13, 2012

Laura Tyson stated on August 15, 2010 in an interview on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour'':

"Unemployment for those with college educations is now 4.5 percent. Unemployment for those with more than a college education, below 4 percent."

By Louis Jacobson• August 17, 2010

L.C. "Buster" Evans stated on November 12, 2014 in in a press release:

"It has been many years, if ever, since an inmate has completed his or her high school diploma while incarcerated in a state correctional facility for adults."

By Nancy Badertscher• December 16, 2014

Bill Hammond stated on August 21, 2012 in an opinion article in the Houston Chronicle.:

Says "if current trends continue, by 2040, one out of three Texas workers will not have a high school diploma."

By W. Gardner Selby• September 14, 2012

Charlie Crist stated on March 02, 2010 in his State of the State address:

"Our graduation rate is the highest it's ever been."

By Lee Logan• March 3, 2010

Chris Christie stated on April 29, 2011 in a speech at the Harvard Graduate School of Education:

"For a young man or woman who is entering the ninth grade in Newark this year, they have a 29 percent graduation rate."

By Erin O'Neill• June 15, 2011

Pam Stewart stated on August 19, 2013 in a letter to the editor in the "Miami Herald":

Florida’s "high school graduation rates continue to increase at the fastest rate in the nation, with Florida leading the nation in the rate of Hispanic graduates."

By Amy Sherman• August 23, 2013

Rick Perry stated on April 06, 2010 in a press release:

"The percent of students who enter high school and eventually earn a diploma or equivalent, or who remain in pursuit of a diploma or equivalent, is 90 percent."

By Meghan Ashford-Grooms• May 9, 2010

Paul Ryan stated on December 04, 2012 in a speech:

"One out of every four students fails to earn a high school diploma. In our major cities across America, half of our kids don’t graduate."

By Tom Kertscher• December 23, 2012

Stanley Litow stated on February 07, 2023 in a news release:

“Lifetime earnings of someone with a college degree is over a million dollars more than those entering the workforce without one.”

By Elizabeth Egan, Marnique O. Panepento• March 8, 2023

Elizabeth Warren stated on August 28, 2022 in an interview on CNN:

"40% of the folks who have student loans do not have a college diploma, four-year diploma. These are people who are truck drivers and who are nail technicians and nurses’ aides.”

By Jon Greenberg• September 13, 2022

Sacramento Bee Editorial Board stated on February 06, 2013 in an editorial.:

Says Texas ranks last in the percentage of residents with high school diplomas.

By W. Gardner Selby• February 8, 2013

Rudy Moise stated on May 01, 2012 in a campaign website:

The congressional district for Miami-Dade and Broward counties has a "staggering drop-out rate of almost 61 percent."

By Amy Sherman• May 7, 2012

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