Raising high school dropout age is not the answer
Monday, February 20th, 2012
During his State of the Union Address, President Obama strongly urged every state not to allow students to drop out of high school before the age of 18. The president alleges that because Americans with higher levels of education have a lower unemployment rate, requiring students to stay in school will offer a cure to high levels of unemployment.
This is a neat thesis by the President’s administration, but the equation is not nearly so concise. Even if students are required by law to stay in s...
