While President Barack Obama’s third State of the Union address Tuesday focused primarily on familiar themes of economic recovery, the president tipped his hat to some new policies that could have a major impact on states, specifically education reform, infrastructure and hydraulic fracturing.
Obama announced a goal to increase the minimum student dropout age to 18 or until they graduate.
”When students don’t walk away from their education, more of them walk the stage to get their diploma,” Obama said. “When students...