By Greg Toppo WASHINGTON -- The likelihood that a ninth-grader in one of the nation's biggest cities will clutch a diploma four years later amounts to a coin toss -- not much better than a 50-50 chance, new research finds. Cross into the suburbs, and the odds improve dramatically.

By David Harrison david.harrison@roanoke.com 777-3523 A report released Tuesday finds a lower high school graduation rate for Virginia than the one provided by the Virginia Department of Education.

By Davin White davinwhite@wvgazette.com Nearly three out of every 10 West Virginia teenagers don't graduate from high school, researchers say in a new report.

By David Harrison, The Roanoke Times, Va. Jun. 13--A report released Tuesday finds a lower high school graduation rate for Virginia than the one provided by the Virginia Department of Education.

By GIL KLEIN How bad is the high school dropout problem in the South? It's worse than in most of the country, according to an interactive national map launched yesterday.