Consequences of the Dropout Crisis

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Trends in High School Dropout and Completion Rates in the United States: 1972–2008 (Document)

This report builds upon a series of National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) reports on high school dropout, completion, and graduation rates that began in 1988. The report includes discussions of many rates used to study how students complete or fail to complete high school.

Why We Are All Effected by the Dropout Crisis (Document)

“The Social Costs of Inadequate Education,” Teachers College Symposium on Education Equity, Teachers College, Columbia University (October 2006).

Businesses Are Profiting off of Dropouts at the Government’s Expense (Document)

“Failing Students Spell Profits for Some Schools” in “The Vanishing Class,” The Los Angeles Times (January 29 - February 13, 2006).

Returning to School Yields Economic Benefits for Individuals and Society in Illinois (Document)

“The Lifetime Fiscal Benefits to Illinois Taxpayers and Individuals Who Return and Finish High School,” Center for Labor Market Studies.