Study Finds High Rate of Imprisonment Among Dropouts - NYTimes.com - 2 views
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about one in every 10 young male high school dropouts is in jail or juvenile detention, compared with one in 35 young male high school graduates
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Maria Mahon on 12 Oct 09These statistics are really shocking - 1 in 10 dropouts in jail compared to 1 in 35 high school graduates.
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The report puts the collective cost to the nation over the working life of each high school dropout at $292,000.
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Again, the statistics were worse for young African-American dropouts, whose unemployment rate last year was 69 percent, compared with 54 percent for whites and 47 percent for Hispanics
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