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Study: Dropping Out Leads to Jail Time
Produced by City Room on Friday, October 09, 2009
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A new study shows nearly a quarter of African-American males who drop out of high school end up in jail. A Chicago-based education group commissioned the study. Jack Wuest of the Alternative Schools Network says the drop out rate is related to youth violence.
WUEST: If you look at the people who don't commit violence who are young people, they're the ones who are engulfed in the good schools and relatively good communities, those kind of conditions help prevent youth violence and we need to build the communities with decent jobs for the adults.
Wuest says there are about 100,000 Illinois students who have dropped out of school.
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Joe, Little Village // Saturday, October 10, 2009 @ 1:24 AM
And 1/2 of them who graduate end up in jail. Blame the PARENTS, but the liberals wont, its everyone elses blame
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Sarah, Logan Square // Monday, October 12, 2009 @ 12:06 PM
Wow, what a sad statistic. I think its time to get some support for these kids: in the schools, communities, and homes to help them graduate. Blame isn't the solution here.
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vanessa mcdonald, garflield park // Monday, October 12, 2009 @ 12:27 PM
chicago police, chicago public school and mayor daley should know the children that is dropping out of school, monitoring their behavioral and know what they are doing instead of getting into trouble and joining gangs. the public schools let the police know who dropped out. the police talk to the children and give them counseloring and a better chose (work,job corp,volunteering, visit to the police station once a week) keep close tabs on drop out children. keep in touch with their parents.
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Sal, Rogers Park // Monday, October 12, 2009 @ 9:32 PM
I think this story really points out that success is not just a product of individual effort but where you grow up matters. It sure is more difficult to be a parent in a neighborhood with high poverty, gang activity, drug selling, crime and violence and poor schools. It's all connected and we are all connected. We must address all of these areas for our society to be a better place for all of us.
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