What Keeps Good Teachers in the Classroom? Understanding and Reducing Teacher Turnover Report/Fact Sheet

February 26, 2008

Teachers are crucial to the success of our students.

Categories:
Economic Impacts, Teachers and School Leaders

Hidden Benefits: The Impact of High School Graduation on Household Wealth Report/Fact Sheet

February 01, 2007

The wealth gap between high school dropouts and high school graduates is even more severe than the better known income gap.

Categories:
Dropout Factories, Economic Impacts, Education and the Economy, High School Graduation Rates and Secondary School Improvement

Paying Double: Inadequate High Schools and Community College Remediation Report/Fact Sheet

August 01, 2006

Americans are beginning to recognize that many of the nation’s high schools are in crisis, as policymakers, business leaders, and celebrities call attention to the country’s low graduation rates.

Categories:
Economic Impacts, Education and the Economy, High School Graduation Rates and Secondary School Improvement, Secondary School Improvement

Saving Futures, Saving Dollars: The Impact of Education on Crime Reduction and Earnings Report/Fact Sheet

August 01, 2006

Reforming the nation’s high schools could potentially increase the number of graduates and, as a result, significantly reduce the nation’s crime-related costs and add billions of dollars to the economy through the additional wages they would earn.

Categories:
Economic Impacts, Education and the Economy, High School Graduation Rates and Secondary School Improvement