Graduation gap

MN graduation rates show small, uneven increase

Adolfo Saldana Lara graduates from high school
The state Department of Education said Minnesota is seeing unprecedented gap closure between white students and students of color. Here, Adolfo Saldana Lara, right, walks off stage after receiving his diploma last year at the John F. Kennedy Senior High School graduation ceremony in Minneapolis.
Jennifer Simonson | MPR News 2015