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In 2010 the rate of those accused of a crime peaked at 18 years of age and generally decreased with age. School dropout rates between 2009 and 2010 were around 10% of young males and 7% of young women. Only 44% of children in foster care graduate from high school compared to 81% of their peers. [28]
Unequal access to education in the United States results in unequal outcomes for students. Disparities in academic access among students in the United States are the result of multiple factors including government policies, school choice, family wealth, parenting style, implicit bias towards students' race or ethnicity, and the resources available to students and their schools.
In the 1970s, when the boomers were our age, young workers had a 24 percent chance of falling below the poverty line. By the 1990s, that had risen to 37 percent. And the numbers only seem to be getting worse. From 1979 to 2014, the poverty rate among young workers with only a high school diploma more than tripled, to 22 percent.
Often, children in poverty have parents who do not have the ability to work at home or take time off to be a teacher for their kids. [14] These children may also have reduced access to technology. Of adults who earn $30,000 or less, only 34% use the internet. [11] This also true for rural communities. [14]
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The financial hurdles for low-income students are the highest, the analysis notes, among private nonprofit colleges, where only a few dozen mostly exclusive schools meet the financial need of poor ...
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These students have lived in the United States for more than 5 years and most were often brought to the United States by their parents as young children. [113] This leaves the U.S. Government with the question of what rights to give the undocumented immigrants after they finish high school, particularly with access to higher education.