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Dropout Prevention and Recovery Work Group

Dropout Prevention and Recovery Work Group. Mitchell D. Chester, Ed.D, Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education College of the Holy Cross January 15, 2009. Annual Dropout Data: 2006-07. Annual Dropout Data: 2006-07. Annual Dropout Data: 2006-07. Annual Dropout Data: 2006-07.

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Dropout Prevention and Recovery Work Group

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  1. Dropout Prevention and Recovery Work Group Mitchell D. Chester, Ed.D, Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education College of the Holy Cross January 15, 2009

  2. Annual Dropout Data: 2006-07

  3. Annual Dropout Data: 2006-07

  4. Annual Dropout Data: 2006-07

  5. Annual Dropout Data: 2006-07

  6. Annual Dropout Data 2006-07 Race, Ethnicity and Gender

  7. Annual Dropout Data 2006-07 Special Populations

  8. 2007 Graduation Rate State Results

  9. 2006 Five-Year Graduation Rates

  10. Consequences of Dropping Out • Real lifetime earnings differences without postsecondary education have declined considerably over the past 30 years especially for male dropouts. • The lifetime earnings gaps between dropouts and high school graduates are $400,000-$450,000 for all and about $550,000 for males. • The lifetime earnings difference between a dropout and a college graduate is $1.5 million.

  11. Consequences of Dropping Out • Declining wages for dropouts are accompanied by steep declines in marriage rates • More than 40% of families living in poverty are headed by an adult without a high school diploma • Over their working lives, high school graduates will contribute between $300,000-$400,000 more in tax dollars than dropouts.

  12. The Challenges that Lie Ahead • Increasing the number of high quality, rigorous pathways that prepare students for the future. • Improving the transition from middle to high school and high school to college • Informing students about the consequences of dropping out • Recovering students who have dropped out

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