claim: we've "lifted high school graduation rates to new highs."
author: barack obama
evidence_1: oct 17, 2016 ... obama has touted the climbing graduation rate before, but usually as part of a  longer list of domestic policy achievements. in his final state of the union address  in january, he told congress that "together, we've increased early childhood  education, lifted high school graduation rates to new highs, boosted ...
evidence_2: jan 13, 2016 ... “the bipartisan reform of no child left behind was an important start, and  together, we've increased early childhood education, lifted high school  graduation rates to new highs, and boosted graduates in fields like engineering.”  obama's praise of the work of no child left behind is a nod towards the every ...
evidence_3: jan 13, 2016 ... obama: “ … together, we've increased early childhood education, lifted high  school graduation rates to new highs, and boosted graduates in fields like  engineering. in the coming years, we should build on that progress, by providing  pre-k for all, offering every student the hands-on computer science and ...
evidence_4: oct 17, 2016 ... high school graduation rates have reached a record high of 83.2 percent,  continuing a steady increase that shows improvement across all ethnic groups ...  "we have made a lot of progress in terms of making sure that young people  across the country get the kind of great education that you're getting here at ...
evidence_5: we agree that real opportunity requires every american to get the education and  training they need to land a good-paying job. the bipartisan reform of no child  left behind was an important start, and together, we've increased early childhood  education, lifted high school graduation rates to new highs, and boosted ...