NPR is about to start a series on people who drop out of high school. Dropouts have an enormous total cost on society. The series is here.
The issue is a perfect microcosm for US society. You can just as easily switch dropout, poor person or Black person. I must congradulate Claudio Sanchez for find a way to discuss what the majority do not want to discuss: The US underclass and inequality in society. Education is the one workable lever in the US for reducing inequality in society. Everyone is pulling on it; Obama, Bill Gates, Congress, Bloomberg; but no one knows what to do.
Mr. Sanchez explores the true cost to society of the lost potential of a dropout.
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