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New Wyo position should improve graduation rate

June 25, 2008
Casper Star-Tribune (WY)

The national Alliance for Excellent Education estimates that the 1,800 Wyoming students who didn't graduate in 2007 will have total lost lifetime earnings of more than $462 million. The group estimated that Wyoming's economy would see a combination of crime-related savings and additional revenue of about $9.5 million each year, if the male high school graduation rate increased by just 5 percent.