Focus on America
Race to the Top
The Commencement Challenge invited the nation’s public high schools to submit applications showing their dedication to providing students with an excellent education that will prepare them to graduate ready for college and career choices. Applications were judged based on the schools performance, four essay questions and supplemental data. The six finalists were selected for their dedication to academic excellence and for showing how they are helping prepare students to graduate college and career ready, and prepared to meet the President’s goal of having the highest proportion of college graduates in the world by 2020.
One of these six high schools will be visited by President Obama to deliver their commencement address this spring.
Watch their three-minute video and read their short essay at http://www.whitehouse.gov/commencement
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