> This is already a problem now, imagine how bad it would be in a society with 1/4 of the current high school graduates not graduating. By comparison, the drop

> This is already a problem now, imagine how bad it would be in a society with 1/4 of the current high school graduates not graduating. By comparison, the dropout rate in 2008 was 8.0%, down from 11.8% in 1998[1]. [1] http://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=16 http://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=16