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• $4.5 Billion in Earnings, Taxes Lost Last Year Due to the High U.S. College Dropout Rate

New Study Reveals the Annual Costs of Dropouts from One Freshman Class - Both to Themselves and Society WASHINGTON, Aug. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As students across the country prepare to start their freshman year of college, more than 40 percent of them will not graduate within six years - costing billions of dollars in lost earnings for the students and millions of dollars in lost tax revenue, according to a new analysis by the American Institutes for Research (AIR).

• U.S. Newswire
• August 23, 2011

• Miss. Dropout Rate Rises Slightly -- Past Year's Figures Say 16.7 Percent of Students Didn't Stay in School

JACKSON - A new report shows a slight increase in Mississippi's dropout rate. The state Department of Education on Thursday released figures that showed the graduation rate for this past year was 71.4 percent and the dropout rate was 16.7 percent.

• The Commercial Appeal (2007-Current)
• July 12, 2010

• Dropout Rates Numbers Improve but Still Terrible Lausd: Percent Earn Their Diplomas; 1 in 4 Left High School in 2009-10.

Graduation rates continued to inch upward last year while dropout rates decreased at Los Angeles Unified schools, according to new district data released Thursday. The district's high school graduation rate reached 56 percent in 2010-11, according to preliminary data, up from 55 percent in 2009- 10 and 52 percent the year before.

• Los Angeles Daily News
• August 12, 2011

• Dropout rate up last year, as predicted; More accurate counting.

Byline: Jacqueline Reis The following correction was published March 23, 2008: Statistics released last week indicated that 22.3 percent of high s...

• Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)
• Nbr. 2008, April 2008

• Shedding One Grit for Another

While it might seem that going off to war would be a more dangerous occupation than factory work, an argument can be made in Tom Higgins' case that he was taking a step up in life. The 20-year-year old high school dropout quit his job at what then was Donner-Hanna Coke Corp. in South Buffalo and enlisted in the Marines to do battle against the North Koreans and the Chinese.

• Buffalo News
• May 23, 2011

• W.Va. Kids Get Second Chance Through Ged Program: Alternative High School

Thanks to high school dropout prevention legislation passed last year, some high-risk students around the state are getting a second chance to stay in school. This is the GED Options Pathway program's first year in the state, and so far there are 33 programs serving 39 West Virginia counties. Anastasia Robbins walks through the auto shop on the campus of the Mid-Ohio Valley Technical Institute. Around her, 16-year-olds are repairing a machine. She climbs the stairs and inspects the work of an eager student. He's repaired a red wagon, and it's hanging from the rafters to dry.

• Charleston Gazette
• April 28, 2011

• Usd 437 Sees Progress in Preventing Dropouts

Auburn-Washburn Unified School District 437 board of education members heard a report Monday that shows the district's dropout prevention efforts are working. Implemented during the 1992-93 school year, the Washburn Rural Alternative High School dropout prevention program saw a high of 4.7 percent in the dropout rate among high school students in 1994-95 school year and a low of 1.5 percent for the 2009-10 year, the last year data was available. A total of 234 students have graduated from WRAHS in the past 15 years, with the classes of 2010 and 2011 each having 22 students graduate from the program.

• The Topeka Capital-Journal
• October 03, 2011

• Area School Districts Show Solid Graduation Rates

Graduation rates continued to inch upward last year while dropout rates decreased at local schools, according to new state data released Thursday. The average cohort graduation rate for Montebello Unified School District's comprehensive high schools was 79 percent, compared to the statewide average of 74 percent.

• Whittier Daily News
• August 12, 2011

• California's Largest Dropout Recovery Program Gears Up for Another Successful School Year; Ofy & Ofl Meet Needs of at-Risk

PASADENA, Calif., Aug. 7 /U.S. Newswire/ -- With California student dropout rates at a crisis level, two of the state's most successful independent charter school programs today announced plans to bolster their operations to continue combating the dropout epidemic. Through word of mouth and impressive results on state tests, the demand is greater than ever for the Pasadena-based Options for Youth (OFY) and its sister organization Opportunities for Learning (OFL) charter schools. To better meet those needs, the charter schools are investing resources in new technology, curriculum, teachers, professional development programs and capital improvements to classrooms.

• U.S. Newswire
• August 07, 2006

• Budget Boosts for Schools, Jobs, but Questions Remain

What is the cost of unemployment of Boston youth, and what is the cost of not doing it?" [Sam Yoon] said during a phone interview. "These are issues we need to start looking at We have to say to the taxpayer, 'It costs a heavy social cost by not employing them,' and demand more from the city to address the issue. The Boston About Results (BAR) program - the city's performance measurement system, which helps the city's managers, Massachusetts policymakers and citizens alike understand how city programs and initiatives are performing - set forth a goal for the schools for reducing the dropout rate among BPS seniors to 7.9 percent in the coming year. According to state Department of Education data released in March, the rate among Boston seniors for the 2006-2007 school year was 10.5 per...

• Boston Banner, The
• August 27, 2009