[Land-speed] Non LSR but I couln't help myself

[Bryan Savage]

Brian, and List.

I'm sorry, I got it backward.  You are correct, of course. The number is 
30%.

I think this will help explain the different numbers flying around about 
dropout rate.
http://www1.umn.edu/umnnews/Feature_Stories/U.S._high_school_dropout_rate_higher_than_thought.html

Because of the political ramifications , it is hard to find
believable numbers, as always.
I never use Fox as a source and I rarely use the media,
other that the London Times, as a source.

My search got  "about 1,510,000  " hits. I've been using the internet 
sense 1989.
I normally restrict my search for facts to .EDU and/or .GOV sites to 
eliminate
opinion and propaganda.

Thank you for pointing out my error Brian,
Bryan


Brian Mullaney wrote:
> Bryan Savage wrote:
>> The USA, which has about a 70% or better High School dropout rate. In 
>> the 21st Century, a HS dropout
>> is not qualified for a minimum wage job.
>>
>
> Where do you get this number? The only place I can find something 
> recent that says 70% is at 
> http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,344190,00.html
>
> Which says:
>
> "Nationally, about 70 percent of U.S. students graduate on time with a
> regular diploma and about 1.2 million students drop out annually."
>
> Which would mean a 30% or so dropout rate.
>
>
> Brian