Local WWII veteran receives high school diploma

Decades after leaving high school as an incoming sophomore in order to serve his country, Robert Bates of Bow, Wash. receives his high school diploma from Mount Vernon High School. Skagit Valley Herald video by Brittny Goodsell.

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No Job, No Diploma Says Racist Chicago Law

Chicago plans on enacting law by 2020 that will require students to have verified college acceptance or employment in order to receive a high school diploma. Kidding right, no this is for real!

Correction: I made an error when citing the stats. The unemployment rate for Blacks in Illinois is 14.2% and not 4.2%.

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Should high schools worry about what students do after graduation? This city says yes

Chicago has a new plan to make sure kids pursue a college degree or have another viable career path after high school. By 2020, in order to get a diploma from Chicago public schools, a student will have to prove that they have a job, will be joining a trade school, will go on to college or join the military. Hari Sreenivasan reports as part of our series Rethinking College.

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