The Federal Government's role in this discussion should be to encourage and support States and school districts so that more students graduate from high school on time with the knowledge and skills they need to attend college and enter the workforce without the need for remediation. However, the present situation is discouraging. Every day in the United States, 7,000 students drop out of school. If the high school students who have dropped out of the class of 2009 had graduated...
More DescriptionThe Federal Government's role in this discussion should be to encourage and support States and school districts so that more students graduate from high school on time with the knowledge and skills they need to attend college and enter the workforce without the need for remediation. However, the present situation is discouraging. Every day in the United States, 7,000 students drop out of school. If the high school students who have dropped out of the class of 2009 had graduated instead, the Nation's economy would have benefited from an additional $335 billion in income that they would have earned additionally over their lifetimes. It's an incredible statistic. Because we couldn't reach those 7,000 students, it will cost us and them $335 billion in income, so we all lose.