Dropout rate costs state billions
October 31, 2007
The Shreveport Times
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The Shreveport Times
The Louisiana students who would have graduated with their classes in 2007, but dropped out of school would have contributed almost $6 billion more to the state economy over their lifetime, a study released Tuesday shows.
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