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U.S. governors’ push to reform high schools gaining

U.S. governors wind up a year-long push for tougher high school standards this weekend touting actions by more than a dozen states that will make it harder for students to earn a high school diploma.

Governors said their initiative to redesign secondary education has galvanized states into sending students a stern message that they must learn more mathematics, science and other core academic subjects to succeed in college or the workforce.

"It’s an economic and even a national security imperative that we have a well educated work force that is prepared to meet the challenges of the global marketplace," said Virginia Gov. Mark Warner (D), outgoing chair of the National Governors Association (NGA http://www.stateline.org/live/www.nga.org , who made high school reform the centerpiece of his agenda.

By Kavan Peterson, Stateline.org Staff Writer

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