ABC News: Students Dropping Out of High School Reaches Epidemic Levels

Georgies education system, no child left behind, just the way georgie and his administration likes it, uneducated Americans, that toe the administrations line.

Students Dropping Out of High School Reaches Epidemic Levels
In Some Cities, Half of All Students Quitting School

By PIERRE THOMAS and JACK DATE

Nov. 20, 2006 — - In several of the largest school systems across the country -- from Baltimore to Cleveland to Atlanta and Oakland, Calif. -- half of the students are dropping out. ... And the problem is not only in the big cities.
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A recent study by the Department of Education found that 31 percent of American students were dropping out or failing to graduate in the nation's largest 100 public school districts.
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And why is a high school diploma so important?
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High school dropouts have a life span that is nine years shorter than people who graduate.

Dropouts are more likely to face poverty, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Typically high school dropouts earn $19,000 a year. High school graduates earn $28,000 a year on average.

If you drop out of high school, your chances of running afoul of the law increase. ... Nationally, 68 percent of state prison inmates are dropouts.

My favorite bit from the article...

Sheriff Jerry Brogdon of Berrien County, Ga.,... said that "81.2 percent of the inmates we have in here today is high school dropouts."

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