Did you know.....
Over the course of a students' lifetime, a high school dropout earns, on average, about $260,000 less than a high school graduate and contributes about $60,000 less in taxes. Conservative estimates show that the nation's economy would have benefited over time from nearly $335 billion in addtional income if the students who dropped out of the Class of 2009 had graduated.
JA is relevant as it bridges the gap of what students are learning in school and how it can be applied in the real world -- According to the landmark study on high school dropouts, The Silent Epidemic, a primary reason that students drop out of school is they don't see the relevance of what they were learning in the classroom to the real world or their future.
Won't you sign up to help the students of the Golden Triangle make the connection?
Sources sited are from: http://www.tc.columbia.edu/i/a/3082_SocialCostsofInadequateEducation.pdf and Rouse, C.E. (2005). "Labor market consequences of an inadequate education." Paper prepared for the symposium on the Social Costs of Inadequate Education, Teachers College Columbia University, October 2005.