The economic future of the United States depends largely on the success of public education. What we know
- Tennesse has a 22% drop out rate
- Currently the education cost per student is $9,000 per child
- A report by the organization, "The Price of Prisons," states that the cost of incarcerating one inmate in Fiscal 2010 was $31,307 per year.
- High school dropouts are 72 percent more likely to be unemployed as compared to high school graduates (U.S. Department of Labor, 2003).
- Nearly 80 percent of individuals in prison do not have a high school diploma.
- According to the National Longitudinal Transition Study of special education students, the arrest rates of youth with disabilities who dropped out were significantly higher than those who had graduated.
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