In the State of the Union address last week, President Obama called on all states to require students to stay in school until they turn 18 or graduate. Here’s the reason he gave: “When students are not allowed to drop out, they do better.”
While it’s true that dropping out of high school sharply reduces your lifetime earnings and is linked to health problems, crime, and general unhappiness, the evidence in favor of raising the dropout age is extremely weak.
http://chronicle.com/blogs/percolator/sorry-youre-not-allowed-to-drop-out-please-resume-learning/28501?sid=pm&utm_source=pm&utm_medium=en
While it’s true that dropping out of high school sharply reduces your lifetime earnings and is linked to health problems, crime, and general unhappiness, the evidence in favor of raising the dropout age is extremely weak.
http://chronicle.com/blogs/percolator/sorry-youre-not-allowed-to-drop-out-please-resume-learning/28501?sid=pm&utm_source=pm&utm_medium=en
Do dropouts drop out too soon? Wealth, health and
happiness from compulsory schoolinghttp://homes.chass.utoronto.ca/~oreo/research/compositions/do_dropouts_drop_out_too_soon.pdf
Policy Brief
Does Raising the Compulsory School
Attendance Age Increase Graduation Rates?
http://ncpeo.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Impact-of-Raising-the-Age-of-Compulsory-School-Attendance_BA-AR.pdf
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