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The choice to be an all-girls school is underscored by national, state, and local research illustrating that our society is at risk of losing a significant part of yet another generation of young women, particularly young women of color. In fact, the National Women’s Law Center’s new report, When Girls Don’t Graduate, We All Fail: A Call to Improve High School Graduation Rates for Girls, highlights the dropout crisis for girls in our nation’s schools. One of every four girls fails to complete her high school diploma in four years, and the numbers are worse for girls of color. These dropout patterns result in severe economic consequences for girls and their families. Compared to their male peers who drop out
on public support programs to provide for their families. When schools fail to meet the needs of young women, they may turn to drugs, become pregnant, and get caught-up in the criminal justice system. Research confirms that single-sex schools benefit students that are the most educationally at-risk, including girls and minority students.
WHY GIRLS?
single-sex schools benefit ... girls and minority students.
of school, girls who do not complete high school experience higher rates of unemployment, earn significantly lower wages, and are more likely to need to rely
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