Reforming the nation’s high schools could potentially increase the number of graduates and, as a result, significantly reduce the nation’s crime-related costs and add billions of dollars to the economy through the additional wages they would earn. Increasing the graduation rate and college matriculation of male students by only 5 percent could lead to combined savings and revenue of almost $8 billion each year.

Saving Futures, Saving Dollars: The Impact of Education on Crime Reduction and Earnings. Alliance for Excellent Education. (August, 2006).

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