Fewer Young Adults Have Diplomas ; U.S. Slips to 10th in World for Number of High School Grads

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WASHINGTON - The United States is falling behind other countries in having a high-school-educated public, with the gap widening the most among young adults, a new comparison of industrialized nations shows.

A total of 87 percent of U.S. adults age 25 to 34 have finished high school, which puts the country 10th behind such nations as Korea, Norway, the Czech Republic and Japan.

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Fewer Young Adults Have Diplomas ; U.S. Slips to 10th in World for Number of High School Grads

The older the population, the better the United States fares it remains first in high-school completion among older adults and fifth among adults age 35-44. But other ...

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