[Lmresearch] New National Women's Law Center report--When Girls Don't Graduate, We All Fail

[Russell W. Rumberger]

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           When Girls Don't Graduate, We All Fail: A Call to Improve High School Graduation Rates for Girls

            This report finds that American girls are dropping out of high school at nearly the same rate as boys, and at even greater economic cost.  Female dropouts earn significantly lower wages than male dropouts, are at greater risk of unemployment, and are more likely to rely on public support programs.

            Highlights:

            ·      Males at every level of education make more than females with similar education backgrounds, but the wage gap between men and women is highest among high school dropouts.

            ·        Female high school dropouts earn only 63 percent of male earnings - or about $9,100 less annually - than male high school dropouts.  Put another way, female high school dropouts earn 63 cents for every $1 earned by male high school dropouts.

            ·        In 2006, adult women without a high school diploma earned on average only a little more than $15,500 for the year - over $6,000 less annually than women with a high school diploma and $9,100 on average less annually than male dropouts.

            ·        Only after the average woman has some college education does she earn more than the average male high school dropout ($26,513 vs. $24,698).

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