Figure This: Dropout Rates and 'Real-World' Education - Economic Conditions, Training

81%

Dropouts who said that more “real-world learning” would encourage them to stay in school

Source: “The Silent Epidemic,” [PDF] The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, March 2006

62.9%

Public high schools reporting increase in students selecting community college over four-year colleges

Source: Inside Higher Ed, June 9, 2009

$3.95 billion

Funding in 2009 economic stimulus act for programs under Workforce Reinvestment Act. Includes $50 billion for YouthBuild.

Source: Association for Career and Technical Education, June 1, 2009

9.4%

U.S. unemployment rate, May 2009, of which 156,000 are manufacturing job losses

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