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Messacar, Derek; Oreopoulos, Philip – Hamilton Project, 2012
High school dropouts fare substantially worse than their peers on a wide variety of long-term economic outcomes. On average, a dropout earns less money, is more likely to be in jail, is less healthy, is less likely to be married, and is unhappier than a high school graduate. But despite this growing education gap, dropout rates have remained…
Descriptors: Dropouts, College Attendance, Elementary Education, Minority Group Students
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Yang, Jun – Frontiers of Education in China, 2006
Balanced allocation of fundamental education teachers is one of the most important ways to achieve the highest quality of compulsory education. It also guarantees an accelerated achievement of a balanced development of fundamental education. In poverty-stricken areas of ethnic minorities, unbalanced teacher allocation is a major factor that…
Descriptors: Poverty, Compulsory Education, Minority Groups, Access to Education