Return-Path: <nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id j1Q1RmC09761; Fri, 25 Feb 2005 20:27:48 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 20:27:48 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <1a8.32582bc1.2f5129d2@aol.com> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: MWPotts2001@aol.com To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-4EFF:2926] High School Drop Out Crisis X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: 9.0 Security Edition for Windows sub 1200 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Status: O Content-Length: 1619 Lines: 31 Colleagues, Please note the frightening message below, and then see if you can answer the questions that go begging here: Who will provide the out-of-school education? What will that education look like? All the Best, Meta Potts, Moderator 4-EFF ONE-THIRD OF A NATION: AMERICA’S ESCALATING HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUT CRISIS As Congress, governors, and state education officials turn their attention now to high school reform, a new report from ETS warns that little is being done to address rising dropout rates, declining earnings for dropouts in the job market, and reduced public investments in effective second-chance efforts. Issued by ETS’s Policy Information Center, the report tracks dwindling high school completion rates throughout the 1990s, which persist today. The report also found clear evidence that more students are dropping out earlier, between ninth and tenth grades. Coupled with the finding of too few counselors and a steep decline in federal investment, from about $15 billion in the late 1970s to about $3 billion today, the outlook is not good. "This is a story of losing ground," writes author Paul Barton. "At the same time that the dropout rate is increasing and out-of-school education and training opportunities are dwindling, the economic status of young dropouts has been in a free fall since the late 1970s. Employment and earnings prospects have declined and even for those who work full time, earnings have dropped steadily to averages around the poverty line for a family with children." http://www.ets.org/research/pic/onethird.pdf
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