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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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prisonDropouts make up nearly half the prison population.
 
(Information from the article- One-Third of a Nation: Rising Dropout Rates and Declining Opportunities by Paul E. Barton, Feb. 2005)