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John Bridgeland

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John Bridgeland is CEO of Civic Enterprises and former director of the White House Domestic Policy Council.

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OPINION: What if corporate America did more to raise the high school graduation rate?

John BridgelandNicole Anderson by John Bridgeland and Nicole Anderson

There still aren’t enough students graduating from high school. Even though this crucial completion figure hit 84 percent in 2016, up from 71 percent in 2001, the nation is off pace when it comes to reaching a graduation rate of 90 percent by 2020. The speed of progress needs to double, particularly in states that made […]