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• Excessive Drinking Costs U.S. Colleges Millions Annually
• High school graduations up but dropouts still a drag: report
• Study: Decline seen in Calif. high graduation rate
• Wildcat strike urged by some B.C. teachers despite hefty fines
• NY makes gains in graduating high school students
• Report: Texas high school graduation rates rising

Excessive Drinking Costs U.S. Colleges Millions Annually Posted: MONDAY, March 19 (HealthDay News) -- The emergency room costs of treating college students with injuries associated with alcohol-induced blackouts can be more than half a million dollars a year at a university with 40,000 or more students, a new study found.

High school graduations up but dropouts still a drag: report Posted: WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An increasing number of high school students are graduating on time but dropouts are still a problem, creating a drag on the economy, according to a report issued on Monday by a nonprofit group. The high school graduation rate rose to 75.5 percent in 2009 from 72 percent in 2001, said the report by the Everyone Graduates Center at Johns Hopkins University. That rate is well below the goal of 90 percent graduation by 2020. ...

Study: Decline seen in Calif. high graduation rate Posted: A new study shows California is among the states that are falling behind in graduating high school students.

Wildcat strike urged by some B.C. teachers despite hefty fines Posted: VANCOUVER - One faction of B.C.'s public school teachers is urging its union to stage an illegal strike in protest of recently passed education legislation that it argues prevents fair collective bargaining.

NY makes gains in graduating high school students Posted: New York has made among the nation's biggest gains in graduating high school students, according to a study released Sunday by an education advocacy coalition.

Report: Texas high school graduation rates rising Posted: Texas' graduation rate for high school students increased 1.9 percent since 2002 to just below the national average, according to a new report by a coalition of education groups.

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