Education
New study details impact of dropout rate on Twin Cities
MinnPost.com, Twin Cities Metro, MN – January 12, 2010
A new study out today highlights the lost earnings potential of high school dropouts and the resulting impact of those lower incomes on state economies like Minnesota’s. If the local dropout rate had been cut in half for the Class of 2008, for example, the Twin Cities metro economy would see more than a $ 100 million boost in annual economic activity as these students hit their mid-career earnings stride, according to a Washington, D.C.-based policy institute focused on improving high schools.
