in hybrid settings COMBATING THE DROPOUT CRISIS THE CONSEQUENCES THE CURRENT LANDSCAPE AMERICAN HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUT RATES over 1,000,000 every year 7,000 every school day 1 every 26 seconds THE PENN FOSTER SOLUTION As one of the largest high schools in the United States with 43,000 high school students enrolled and over 12,000 graduates annually, Penn Foster is addressing the dropout crisis with online and hybrid high school diploma programs. Cardoza, Kavitha. "Graduation Rates Increase Around The Globe As U.S. Plateaus Other Countries Have Pulled Ahead, and the U.S. Falls behind." WAMU 88.5. American University, 21 Feb. 2012. Web. 13 Oct. 2013. "Background on High School Dropouts." Do Something. N.p., 2012. Web. 13 Oct. 2013. Sum, Andrew, Ishwar Khatiwada, Joseph McLaughli, and Sheila Palma. "The Consequences of Dropping out of High School : Joblessness and Jailing for High School Dropouts and the High Cost for Taxpayers." Center for Labor Market Studies (2009): n. pag. Northeastern University, 1 Oct. 2009. Web. 13 Oct. 2013. The High Cost of High School Dropouts: What the Nation Pays for Inadequate High Schools. Publication. Alliance for Excellent Education, Nov. 2011. Web. 13 Oct. 2013. out of OECD countries In 2009, the US ranked USA for high school graduation rates NET FISCAL CONTRIBUTION generated over their working lives -$5,200 $287,000 High School Graduate High School Dropout FOR THE COUNTRY AVERAGE ANNUAL INCOME $19,540 $27,380 High School Graduate High School Dropout FOR THE INDIVIDUAL Freifeld, Lorri. "Bridging the Skills Gap." Training Magazine. Lakewood Media Group, 3 Apr. 2013. Web. 13 Oct. 2013. "High School Dropout Statistics." Statistic Brain RSS. N.p., 28 Apr. 2013. Web. 17 Oct. 2013. Bridgeland, John. "Fight Poverty: Lower High School Drop Out Rates, by John Bridge- land - Spotlight On Poverty." Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Oct. 2013. difference of $292,200 difference of $7,840 Combatting the dropout crisis with Penn Foster’s online and hybrid high school diploma programs Penn Foster High School 925 Oak Street Scranton, PA 18515 USA HIGHER CHANCE OF 38 % of employers qualified candidates to fill CANNOT FIND OPEN POSITIONS A high school dropout is NOT ELIGIBLE US JOBS 90 % CRIMES IN THE US are committed by a HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUT 3 4 Dropouts are more than as likely as high school graduates to SLIP INTO POVERTY 2X 85 % % 200 COMPLETION COMPLETION when student has prior credit