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| In the last 20 years the earnings level of dropouts doubled, while it nearly tripled for college graduates. | |
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| Dropouts make up nearly half the heads of households on welfare. | |
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| Recent dropouts will earn $200,000 less than high school graduates, and over $800,000 less than college graduates, in their lives. | |
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 | Dropouts make up nearly half the prison population. |
