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Yesterday at 3:09 PM  Officials say New York state's high school graduation rate held steady at 74 percent. Syracuse City School District had a rate of 48.4 percent. Other Central New York graduation rates ranged  mostly upwards of 80 percent.

Tuesday, January 22, 2013  A federal report shows public high school graduation rates continue to improve as dropout rates decline in New York.

Monday, June 11, 2012  The Syracuse City School District four year graduation rate improved in 2011 but is still below 50%

Monday, June 11, 2012 

Wednesday, May 30, 2012  The founder of the program, George Weiss, came to Syracuse Wednesday to provide a report of how Say Yes to Education is doing after four years.

Monday, March 19, 2012  New York had a 60.5 percent graduation rate in 2002, when the national average was 72.6 percent. In 2009, it had a 73.5 percent graduation rate.

Thursday, February 02, 2012  The City of Syracuse boasts of having the first school district to be adopted by the nationally recognized "Say Yes To Education" program, but after 4 years, Say Yes has little to show in the way of progress.

Tuesday, June 14, 2011  In Syracuse, 45.9 percent of students graduated, which is up rom 45.2 percent the previous year.

Tuesday, March 09, 2010  Some say Syracuse City School District's low graduation rates aren't because of classrooms, and they are looking elsewhere to keep kids in school.

Thursday, March 12, 2009  The national high school graduation rate remained flat at about 75 percent between 2002 and 2006, while a dozen states made substantial gains, according to a new report by researchers at Johns Hopkins University.