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Nevada's Failing at Graduation Rates

Nevada's graduation rates were recently published, leaving a lot of people shaking their heads. Clark County School District has made a preliminary estimate that the graduation rate for 2011-2012 is 65 percent . We talk with Nevada’ s superintendent of public instruction James Guthrie about the latest figures. And, we also discuss the latest on Nevada receiving a waiver from the federal government that now allows educators to throw "No Child Left Behind" out the window.

 

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James Guthrie, Nevada’s Superintendent of Public Instruction

 

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