Though my clients had received regular diplomas, throughout their education they had had the one-on-one assistance of teacher assistants.

The state will evaluate how well the students perform on the Regents exams and will decide whether to continue offering them a regular diploma.

He removed Joel from special education and pushed him to earn a regular diploma in four years.

The report found that nationwide, 69.6 percent of the students who enter ninth grade graduate in four years with a regular diploma.

The newspaper's report, however, tracked promotions by grade to also estimate the probability of graduation on time with a regular diploma.

Brewer offers all the academics for honors and regular diplomas.

She acknowledged the difficulty in getting the most troubled students to meet state requirements of passing five Regents exams to get a regular diploma.

Sixty-five percent of the students get Regents rather than regular diplomas, compared with 16 percent citywide.

The averaged freshman graduation rate estimates the proportion of public high school freshmen who graduate with a regular diploma four years after starting ninth grade.

"Thousands of kids are participating in this alternative diploma track that is clearly inferior to a regular diploma."