Preventing High School Drop Outs 
Preventing high-school drop outs is important because education is important. To find solutions to preventing high school drop outs you become a bit open minded, everyone’s situation is different. Problems that are most relevant to most of today even though the media may lean toward one problem and completely ignoring others, they are all guides to prevention of high school drop outs. Today, in society they say that that the amount of income (employment out and going to college), societal impact (Pregnancy, drugs and violence) and that numbers don’t lie (parenting problems, minority students suffer most, how the US compares). Alternative schools shows to be an answer in the world of education. “Alternative education has historically served diverse populations of students, including those whose academic, social, political, or religious values diverged from the mainstream, as well as those who were unsuccessful within the regular public school system. There are two basic types of alternative schools: (1) those for students who would be considered "at risk" or who simply have not flourished in a traditional setting, and (2) those for students with disciplinary problems or disruptive behavior.”
“The U.S. Department of Education reported in 2011 that a high school graduate could expect to make $27,380 in average annual income. A high school dropout should expect much less, averaging only $19,540 annually in income—a difference of $7,840 annually. Graduating high school isn’t only a success in the present but the future is highly impacted as well.” “According to the Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics, high school dropouts suffer from 14.9 percent unemployment, whereas less than 10 percent of high school graduates and 4.3 percent of college graduates are unemployed.” I think in education the amount of income a household holds shouldn’t be important. It’s said to be that “Forty-two percent of Hispanic students and 43 percent of African American students
“The U.S. Department of Education reported in 2011 that a high school graduate could expect to make $27,380 in average annual income. A high school dropout should expect much less, averaging only $19,540 annually in income—a difference of $7,840 annually. Graduating high school isn’t only a success in the present but the future is highly impacted as well.” “According to the Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics, high school dropouts suffer from 14.9 percent unemployment, whereas less than 10 percent of high school graduates and 4.3 percent of college graduates are unemployed.” I think in education the amount of income a household holds shouldn’t be important. It’s said to be that “Forty-two percent of Hispanic students and 43 percent of African American students