Wisdom of raising the "dropout" age

The Boston Globe ran a thoughtful article yesterday regarding two legendary educators possible ideas to move the dropout age for students from 16 to 18.

The state panel said the right things about the crisis of 10,000 students dropping out each year. It acknowledged that raising the compulsory age will “only retain a handful of students’’ unless the state offers “programs and services that address the underlying reasons that students drop out of school.’’

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