1.   All, with the possible exception of employer conflicts, apply with equal force to dropout rates from public schools.

2.   Local schools are seeking to reduce the dropout rate.

3.   Not only are schools failing, but the national dropout rate is now over twenty percent and rising.

4.   Some studies have documented lower dropout rates, improved attendance, greater academic course-taking, and better academic performance.

5.   The schools agreed to reduce the dropout rate and improve daily attendance.

6.   They spend ever more on public education, yet test scores and dropout rates barely budge.

7.   This is why the dropout rate amongst would-be dealers is so phenomenal.

8.   Thus Hispanics, whose school dropout rates were historically the highest, were often unable to find work.

9.   Already, such students in New York City have higher dropout rates and generally take longer to graduate than their peers who are proficient in English.

10.   Also, the dropout rate is inflated by a growing school immigrant population.