One of the things that happens with dropouts is they are very likely to end up in jail.
It is hard to imagine any effective dropout program that does not save more money than it costs.
One study showed that African Americans that drop out of high school have about a one-third chance of being in jail when they are 26 to 30 y...
the Every Student Counts Act introduced by Representative Bobby Scott (H.R. 1569).
Those that drop out are much less likely to get a job, make a lot more--businesses don't want to move into areas where there is a high dropo...
If you got a 50 percent dropout rate, 100 children, 50 percent drop out, that is 100, that is going to cost you about $5 million in prison e...
you really have to wonder what kind of people would look at a child in the third grade that can't read, knowing that that problem will put t...
The regulation must be maintained and strengthened through inclusion of ESCA into a reauthorization of ESEA.
Now, most of the programs that we have seen by research have shown that they can save more money than they cost.
I have introduced the Youth Promise Act, which is very similar, to reduce youth violence, where you bring in law enforcement, education, fos...
The Everyone Graduates bill sponsored by Representative Bobby Scott (D-VA) achieves this and should be passed.