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The U.S. high school graduation rate was 81 percent in 2013, the most recent year in which federal data are available.

From 'Dropout Crisis' To Record High, Dissecting The Graduation Rate

A lot of time, effort and money over the past decade have gone into producing a great statistic, but not without unintended consequences.

Ted Cruz speaks at the Road to Majority conference on June 18, 2015.

For Ted Cruz, The Hard Part Comes Next

Despite rousing speeches to faith gatherings, the Texas senator hasn't shown yet that he can marry that energy with the hand-to-hand campaigning needed to win voters in Iowa and South Carolina.

Nearly half of all beginning teachers will leave their classrooms within five years, only to be replaced by another fresh-faced educator.

Revolving Door Of Teachers Costs Schools Billions Every Year

The constant churn affects schools' ability to provide all students with skilled teachers. But professor Richard Ingersoll says schools can fix this without spending a dime.

International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde in Brussels earlier this year. Lagarde says women are underutilized in the global economy.

IMF's Lagarde: Women In Workforce Key To Healthy Economies

Christine Lagarde says giving women access to the job market isn't just about equal opportunity — it makes economic sense. In an interview, she also reflects on being the only woman in the room.

Tall brick walls conceal a colorful garden at Eastern Senior High School in Washington, D.C., where students like Romario Bramwell, 17, harvest flowers and produce. The program is run by City Blossoms, a nonprofit that brings gardens to urban areas.

Healthy Eaters, Strong Minds: What School Gardens Teach Kids

School-based urban gardens can have a measurable positive impact on kids — from improving their diets to helping boost engagement with academics.

Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, and Marco Rubio are helping make paid family leave a major issue in this election.

Why Paid Family Leave Has Become A Major Campaign Issue

Paid family leave has never been a major topic in a presidential election — until now. Here's what got it there.

Outside The Eurozone, But Britain Is Still Struggling

Britain opted out of the euro, but it's by no means protected from the eurozone troubles. Declining demand on the continent means fewer British exports. The picture is particularly bleak in places like Hull — a port city with one of the highest rates of youth unemployment in Britain.

Workers clear the wreckage of a July 23 high-speed-train collision in Wenzhou in eastern China's Zhejiang province. The crash killed 40 people and raised questions about the safety of the country's high-speed-rail network, which the Chinese government has held up as an example of its technological prowess and with which it had hoped to attract overseas buyers.

From Progress To Problem: China's High-Speed Trains

Nearly two months after a collision on China's high-speed-rail network killed 40 people, the government is still investigating why it happened. But critics blame the haste with which the network was built, corruption and a disregard for human life.

The News Corp. headquarters in New York City.

News Corp.'s U.K. Actions Under Scrutiny In U.S.

The newest legal front for Rupert Murdoch's media giant involves the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, a 1977 law banning U.S. firms from paying bribes to government officials abroad. The British division of the U.S. company has admitted that private investigators working for one of its newspapers paid police for information from confidential databases.

What To Expect As Tillerson Travels To Moscow

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is in Moscow amid rising U.S.-Russia tensions. David Greene talks with Jon Finer, who was a top aide to former Secretary of State John Kerry, about what's at stake.

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