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The Alliance for Excellent Education and
The Campaign for High School Equity
Invite You to Attend a Webinar
The Economic Benefits of Reducing the Dropout Rate:
An Analysis of Students of Color in the
Nation's Largest Metropolitan Areas
WEBINAR:
Wednesday, July 7, 2010 * 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm EST
Participants
Bob Wise, President, Alliance for Excellent Education
Mike Fernandez, Vice President, Corporate Communications and External
Relations, State Farm(r)
Michael Wotorson, Executive Director, Campaign for High School Equity
(additional speakers to be announced)
Years of data have consistently underscored the persistent graduation
gap between America's students of color and their peers. The most recent
estimate shows that high school graduation rates for African American,
Latino, and American Indian students hover only slightly higher than 50
percent. This is more than 20 percentage points lower than that of their
white peers.
In addition to the moral imperative to provide every student with an
equal opportunity to pursue the American dream, there is also a strong
economic argument for helping more students of color graduate from high
school. Lowering the dropout rate brings a range of benefits to a
community, many of which most people do not realize. Graduating more
students from high school can have a profound impact on increased
earnings potential, home and auto sales, and other important economic
indicators for communities and states.
Earlier this year, the Alliance for Excellent Education documented the
benefits of reducing the dropout rate for all students in the nation's
largest metropolitan areas. Building on this work, it is now able to
estimate the economic benefits of reducing the dropout rate among
students of color in these metro areas. On July 7, 2010, the Alliance
for Excellent Education and the Campaign for High School Equity will
host a live webinar to release these new findings and to discuss the
challenges of improving high school graduation rates among students of
color and what doing so could mean for local communities, as well as the
students themselves.
Following the discussion, panelists will take questions from online
participants.
To register for the webinar and submit questions for the panelists to
address during the question and answer period, go to
http://www.newmediamill.com/webcasts/all4ed/registerjuly72010/
<http://www.newmediamill.com/webcasts/all4ed/registerjuly72010/> .
To see the above-mentioned report, along with findings for additional
cities not included in the report, click on this link: The Economic
Benefits of Reducing the Dropout Rate in the Nation's Largest
Metropolitan Areas <http://www.all4ed.org/publication_material/EconMSA>
Please direct questions concerning the webinar to [log in to unmask]
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The Alliance for Excellent Education is a national policy and advocacy
organization dedicated to ensuring that all students graduate from high
school prepared for college, work, and life. The Campaign for High
School Equity is a coalition of leading civil rights organizations
representing communities of color that is focused on high school
education reform.
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