Editorial: Dropouts are a terrible waste

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Editorial: Dropouts are a terrible waste

In his State of the Union address, President Obama said America is damaged painfully because nearly one-third of high school students fail to graduate...Former Gov. Bob Wise has crusaded for years against the dropout crisis. As head of the national Alliance for Excellent Education, he warns that nearly 7,000 West Virginia teens quit school each year -- and they lose $1.8 billion in lifetime earnings collectively as a result.