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Ed Morrison · Why is Cleveland so complacent?
July 6th, 2009
Philadelphia estimates that the cost of a high school drop out is about $580,000. That’s the difference in net fiscal contribution over a working lifetime (tax revenue generated vs. tax revenues received) between a Philadelphia student who earns a diploma and one who does not.
The city has been responding with Project U Turn. Project U-Turn is a citywide campaign to focus public attention on Philadelphia’s dropout crisis and to design strategies and leverage investments to resolve it.
As the Federal Reserve Bank in Cleveland outlined in its annual report several years ago, educational attainment is a key driver of economic development.
Why is Cleveland so complacent about dropouts?
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