{"id":303,"date":"2012-01-27T18:19:49","date_gmt":"2012-01-28T02:19:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kqed.org\/americangraduate\/?p=303"},"modified":"2012-01-27T18:19:49","modified_gmt":"2012-01-28T02:19:49","slug":"the-presidents-new-school-approach-to-getting-americans-to-graduate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/americangraduate\/2012\/01\/27\/the-presidents-new-school-approach-to-getting-americans-to-graduate\/","title":{"rendered":"The President\u2019s New School Approach to Getting Americans to Graduate"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Originally Written in the Detroit Public TV American Graduate Blog<\/p>\n

During the State of the Union address on Tuesday, President Obama made a bold call for new action against the drop out epidemic.
\nObama called for the nation\u2019s sates to enforce a new requirement which would keep students who have not already graduated from high school or turned 18 in school.
\nCurrently, more than 7,000 students drop out of school every day in America. These numbers have implications to impact not only the lives of youths leaving school, but also the future of America\u2019s economy.
\nIt is proven those who graduate are more likely to earn higher earnings over the course of their lives, than those who do not. Individuals without diploma or a GED, struggle in a highly competitive job market. Lacking a high school diploma is a serious barrier to a career path.
\n\u201cWhen students are not allowed to drop out, they do better<\/a>.\u201d Is Obama\u2019s observation, and seems to hold true.<\/p>\n

For a full run down of President Obama\u2019s State of the Union <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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