Charlie Kirk

Subsidies and grants throw off the natural market signals that are supposed to allow students to make informed decisions on the true value of a college degree. Increasing aid, and expanding subsidies only intensifies the problem which will lead us down a path of more college dropouts and a continuation of skyrocketing tuition.

American Activist

Rene Russo

I can say that when you model,when you get to a certain age, that's it for you. I remember there was a time where I was like, 'What am I going to do with my life?' I am a high school dropout who's only modeled. So there was desperation with that.

American Actress

Kendra Wilkinson

The thing that what we're taught in the public school system is everything you should know, I disagree with that. The most brilliant people in the world were dropouts - not that I'm pro-dropping out.

American Celebrity

Ritesh Agarwal

I'm a college dropout. My parents thought they had three respectable children, and I was the black sheep.

Indian Businessman

Lyndon B. Johnson

No member of our generation who wasn't a Communist or a dropout in the thirties is worth a damn.

American President

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

High school dropouts are forfeiting their opportunity to pursue the American Dream.

American Baseball Player

Ta-Nehisi Coates

My chief identity, to my mind, was not 'writer' but 'college dropout.

American Journalist

Nimrat Kaur

It is fashionable to be a college dropout, no? Like Steve Jobs.

Indian Actress

Tom Shadyac

American Comedian

Kiernan Shipka

Sometimes 'dropout' suggests failure, but it can also imply a positive change or successful alternative path.

Not Always Negative

In some cultures, being a 'dropout' carries a stigma, so be aware of sensitivities when discussing education.

Cultural Stigma

As an action, 'dropout' can be neutral, indicating a fact without emotional weight.

Neutral Usage

High dropout rates can indicate difficulty or lack of engagement in courses or programs.

Associated with Challenges

Understand that in electronics 'dropout' has a specific technical meaning, unrelated to education.

Technical Meaning

In the context of electronics, 'dropout' indicates a failure or limit where equipment doesn't work.

Indicates Failure

'Dropout' in computing often refers to temporary interruptions in service or connections.

Network Interruptions

The computing meaning of 'dropout' is jargon, so use it with people who understand technical terms.

Technical Jargon

 was unquenchable. And so we worked with Esther to put a framework around this desire. Today, she runs a social enterprise in her village, raising awareness about substance abuse, mental health, sexual reproductive health and is helping other school dropouts acquire vocational skills, so they can make a living for themselves.

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 been covered up for a long time because they always took the dropout rate is the number who started in senior year and and then compared it to the number of the finished senior year because they were tracking where the kids were before that but most of the dropouts had taken place before that so they had to raise

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 because they always took the dropout rate as the number who started in senior year and compared it to the number who finished senior year. Because they weren't tracking where the kids were before that. But most of the dropouts had taken place before that. They had to raise the stated dropout rate

 than the US national average. The school dropout rate is up to 70 percent. Teacher turnover is eight times higher than the US national average. Frequently, grandparents are raising their grandchildren because parents, due to alcoholism, domestic violence and general apathy, cannot raise them.

Aaron Huey: America's...

 educational reforms; programs for dropout students; and political activism among university students. As I started this work, it was not always easy to convince the women to participate. Only after explaining to them how their stories might influence other women's lives,

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 to jail or they're on their way to being dropouts. It's predictable. If you're not at the right reading level at third grade, you are a candidate for jail at age 18, and we have the highest incarceration rate because we're not getting our kids the proper start in life.

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 is quite a long and complex one. Are there any failures that you can talk about? Well, I would say a huge lesson for us out of the early work is we thought that these small schools were the answer, and small schools definitely help. They bring down the dropout rate.

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 in Q labs a hacker space that hosts a constant rotation of startup companies it's a node in New York City's innovation ecosystem so what results from the process looks something like this kenyatta james community organizer from philadelphia high school dropout

Transforming future...

 renouncing materialism, traditional jobs and university degrees in exchange for a glimmer of adventure. Others come from the underbelly of society, never given a chance to mobilize foster care dropouts, teenage runaways escaping abuse and unforgiving homes.

A glimpse of life on the...

 to being a high school dropout, completely on the streets. I was in rehab three Well, I ran away from rehab three times. Another boundary pushing exercise. The last time I remember the director of the rehab looked at me and he said,