“I was 19 years old, pumping gas and going nowhere. I was kind of a high school dropout at that point because I had left school to play hockey, but no one drafted me.” YearsKindPlaySchoolLeftHigh SchoolGasHockeyDropoutsSchool DropoutHigh School DropoutPumping Gas Author:Adam Oates
“Where you see immigration competition play out most clearly is among high school dropouts. I'd say there's clearly immigrant competition among the least-skilled workers, but natives are a shrinking share while immigrants are a growing share.” PlaySchoolGrowingShareHigh SchoolCompetitionWorkersImmigrationImmigrantsShrinkingDropoutsSkilled WorkersSchool DropoutHigh School Dropout Author:Jared Bernstein
“Most poor people in America are white. The family breakdown issue is an issue that crosses all sorts of racial lines. High school dropout issues. But because of the flow of events which involve the racial component, we've sometimes confused racial issues with other issues which are trans-racial.” PeopleSometimesSchoolAmericaLinesWhitePoorIssuesEventsHigh SchoolFlowCrossesConfusedPoor PeopleComponentsBreakdownTransDropoutsSchool DropoutHigh School Dropout Author:David Brooks