Schools adjust as graduation rate finally peaks

The St. Louis Dispatch reports:

From 1994 to 2008, the number of high school graduates in the nation swelled by about 36 percent. Those numbers are expected to dip for the next several years.

Although most states in the country, including Illinois, reached a peak in high school graduates two years ago, Missouri is poised to hit its own this year, according to a report by the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education.

Yet, some in Washington what to increase federal spending on education.