The Dropout Economy - 10 Ideas for the Next 10 Years - TIME

The Dropout Economy - 10 Ideas for the Next 10 Years - TIME: "Middle-class kids are taught from an early age that they should work hard and finish school. Yet 3 out of 10 students dropped out of high school as recently as 2006, and less than a third of young people have finished college. Many economists attribute the sluggish wage growth in the U.S. to educational stagnation, which is one reason politicians of every stripe call for doubling or tripling the number of college graduates."