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Michigan could try to curb dropout rate by raising legal age to leave school to 17 or 18
Posted by Beth Loechler | The Grand Rapids Press May 08, 2008 10:32AM
How do you get more kids to graduate from high school?
That is the focus of hearings to be conducted throughout the state during the next several months, starting with one today in Grand Rapids.
A sound policy to stem the crisis has eluded legislators and school officials for decades, but the problem is clear:
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Speaking before the 13th Annual Governor's Education Summit — 21st Century Learning: A Foundation for a Prosperous Michigan, Gov. Jennifer GRANHOLM pressed educators to help push her education agenda.

"If we don't make these changes, we'll look back and say 'what were we doing with these leadership positions," Granholm told the audience. "You're all in leadership positions or you wouldn't be here."

During her remarks, the governor pushed the education agenda she'd outlined in her 2008 State of the State Address and in her budget message. Key components are: