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Education summit focuses on SC drop-out crisis

by Sara Jane Harris

Posted: 03.05.2010 at 10:54 AM Updated: 03.05.2010 at 9:10 PM

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On Friday, hundreds of state educators gathered in Columbia for a statewide summit that focused on improving graduation rates. / Sara Jane Harris

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State Education Superintendent Jim Rex said the state’s on-time drop-out rate sits at 74-percent.

On Friday, hundreds of state educators gathered in Columbia for a statewide summit that focused on improving graduation rates.

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