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U.S. drop-out rates staggering
Education is a key influence on an individual’s social and economic future. Even so, according to a report prepared by the Editorial Projects in Education Research Center (April 2008), in the United States, approximately 7,000 high school students drop out of school each day...about 1.2 million per year. What factors cause students to consider dropping out? What can educational systems do to reduce the vast numbers of lost students?
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