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Students Dropping Out of High School--Still a Problem

Submitted by Alex Carter
March 14, 2008

Only 70% of entering freshmen and barely half of students of color finish high school with a regular diploma four years later. Every school day, nearly 7,000 American high school students become dropouts.

Source
Alliance for Excellent Education, “In Need of Improvement: NCLB and High Schools,” November 2007. http://www.all4ed.org/files/NCLB_HighSchools.pdf.
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Teachers Won't Stay in the Profession

Submitted by Alex Carter
March 14, 2008

Nearly half of all teachers leave the profession during their first five years.

Source
“Half of Teachers Quit in 5 Years.” Washington Post. 9 May 2006. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/08/AR2006050801344_pf.html.
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Public School Teachers Not Paid Enough to Keep up with Soaring Costs

Submitted by Alex Carter
March 14, 2008

Over the past 10 years, the average salary for public schoolteachers increased only 1.3 percent after adjusting for inflation, not enough to keep pace with the soaring costs of housing, health care and gasoline.

Source
“Teacher Salary Lags Behind Inflation,” National Education Association, 10 December 2007. http://www.nea.org/newsreleases/2007/nr071210.html.
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Iraq War vs. Teachers

Submitted by Eric Lotke
November 27, 2007

With one day of Iraq War funding we could have hired 7,030 new public school teachers.

Source
The 2007 Statistical Abstract. Education: Elementary and Secondary Education: Staff and Finances. Table 241. Average Salary and Wages Paid in Public School Systems: 1985 to 2005
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