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After working several jobs this past year, James Hanks got his high school diploma on May 14. But as he’ll tell you below, he used to focus on all the wrong things.

Photo by Dan Carsen. Secretary of Education recently for having one of the nation’s steepest increases in high school graduation rates. Birmingham City Schools’ rate – up roughly 23 percent in the last four years. The latest data reported to the state education department puts the system’s rate at 79 percent — just below the national average. Regardless of that and about what the diplomas actually, having that piece of paper is helpful. Alabama reporter Dan Carsen sits down with James Hanks, who just graduated through Birmingham Schools’ Dropout Recovery Program, which runs three Alternative Learning Centers spread throughout the city as of a larger report for NPR, ““ MORE: The five-minute on-air interview below starts with the former Woodlawn High School athlete and drum major explaining — really admitting – why he had trouble graduating on time last year: CLICK HERE FOR THE ON-AIR FIVE-MINUTE INTERVIEW: Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version.

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