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Article: CDRP Studies Show Dropout Crisis Costs California $46.4 Billion Per Graduating Class.
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- August 22, 2007
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Landmark Studies Also Find Proven Interventions Will Have Long-Term Economic and Social Benefits
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. -- A first-of-its-kind analysis of California's high school graduation reveals a state dropout crisis that places a massive burden on taxpayers.
The policy briefs from the California Dropout Research Project (CDRP), a privately-supported research program based at the University of California, Santa Barbara, also estimate California's economic benefit from effective intervention programs at $392,000 per high school graduate.
Each year, 120,000 Californians reach age 20 without a high school diploma.
Over a lifetime, ...