Claim: "When I became mayor of Los Angeles, we had a 44 percent  graduation rate. I said that was unacceptable. I challenged that notion. I said the mayor needs to be involved with our schools. We need to partner together. As I left, after a number of reforms, we grew our graduation rate from 44 percent to 72."
Fact-check: Examining Villaraigosa's role in rise of LA graduation rates
Verdict: mostly-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Chris Nichols
Date published: 2017-05-05T00:00:00