The High Cost of South Carolina's Low Graduation Rate. School Choice Issues in the State

Autor/in	Gottlob, Brian J.
Institution	Milton & Rose D. Friedman Foundation
Titel	The High Cost of South Carolina's Low Graduation Rate. School Choice Issues in the State
Quelle	(2007), (28 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Quantitative Daten; High Schools; Private Schools; Taxes; Low Income Groups; At Risk Students; Graduation Rate; Dropout Rate; School Choice; Dropouts; High School Students; Economic Impact; Social Services; Institutionalized Persons; Crime; Competition; Public Schools; Public Health; Educational Attainment; Unemployment; Racial Differences; African Americans; Whites; Hispanic Americans; Employment Level; Males; South Carolina + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? High school; Oberschule; Private school; Privatschule; Abgabe; Choice of school; Schulwahl; Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen; High schools; Student; Students; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Ökonomische Determinanten; Social service; Soziale Dienstleistung; Soziale Dienste; Crimes; Delict; Delicts; Delikt; Wettkampf; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Gesundheitswesen; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Arbeitslosigkeit; Rassenunterschied; Afroamerikaner; White; Weißer; Hispanic; Hispanoamerikaner; Beschäftigungsgrad; Male; Männliches Geschlecht
Abstract	Research has documented a crisis in South Carolina's high school graduation rate. While state officials report a graduation rate above 70 percent, researchers from South Carolina and elsewhere place the rate just above 50 percent, with rates among minority students lower than 50 percent. South Carolina's graduation rate is the worst of all 50 states. This study documents the public costs of high school dropouts in South Carolina, and examines how school choice could provide large public benefits by increasing public school graduation rates. It calculates the annual cost of South Carolina dropouts caused by reduced tax revenue, increased Medicaid costs and increased incarceration costs, and documents the employment impacts that dropouts have on the South Carolina economy. It then examines how competition from private schools already raises public school graduation rates, and calculates the public benefits that would follow from increasing South Carolina's public school graduation rates by enacting a modest school choice program. (Contains 10 figures, 7 tables and 28 endnotes.) [This study was released jointly by the Milton & Rose D. Friedman Foundation and the South Carolina Policy Council.] (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Milton & Rose D. Friedman Foundation. Available from: Foundation for Educational Choice. One American Square Suite 2420, Indianapolis, IN 46282. Tel: 317-681-0745; Fax: 317-681-0945; e-mail: info@edchoice.org; Web site: http://www.edchoice.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10