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Keeping students in school helps the economy
- 07-08-2010
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By Melody Gutierrez/Sacramento Bee
Lowering the dropout rates of minority students in Sacramento would drive $223 million into the local economy through increased spending and home and car purchases, a study released Wednesday found. The advocacy group Alliance for Excellent Education studied the 45 largest metropolitan areas in the United States, finding an estimated 600,000 minority students dropped out of the Class of 2008. Cutting that number in half would generate $2.3 billion in increased earnings nationally for the Class of 2008, the study found. (more...)
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