November 15, 2013
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Early Solutions Can Lower Dropout Rate
The Alliance for Excellent Education reports that if we had increased the graduation rate for the class of 2012 to 90 percent, gains for Texas' economy would be $919 million in increased annual earnings, $729 million in increased annual spending, $1.3 billion in increased home sales, $78 million in increased auto sales, 7,600 new jobs, $1.2 billion in increased annual gross state product, $143 million in increased federal tax revenue and $42 million in increased annual state/local revenues.
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November 15, 2013