A new study shows Cobb County has one of the highest graduation rates among the nation's 50 largest public school districts. According to the "Diplomas Count" report released by Editorial Projects in Education on Tuesday, the 100,000-student suburban Atlanta school district graduated 68 percent in 2006. That's far above the state average of 55.9 percent and just trailing the national average of 69.2 percent. The annual study looked at the change in graduation rates from 1996 to 2006. Georgia's rate improved less than a percentage point in that time, compared to the national average's improvement of nearly three percentage points from 66.4 percent.
(Associated Press)
(Associated Press)
