Defining his education legacy, Obama touts climbing graduation rates

WASHINGTON — The nation's high school graduation rate reached its highest recorded peak in 2015 — although big disparities remain among African-American, Hispanic and low-income students, the White House said Monday.

President Obama highlighted the 83.2% graduation rate at a speech at a Washington, D.C. high school, an effort to define the eight years of the Obama presidency as a time of steady progress for student achievement across the county.

"We've made a lot of progress," Obama said. "To be honest with you, we’ve still got more work to do."

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