tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4468664660833170893.post4332798045807409754..comments2024-01-08T14:53:19.838-05:00Comments on Bluegrass Policy Blog: Will increasing Kentucky’s minimum high school dropout age to 18 improve high school graduation rates?Kelly Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17249335217299732224noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4468664660833170893.post-11474004866897794922011-02-15T19:37:36.340-05:002011-02-15T19:37:36.340-05:00RE: Richard's Comment (this is another Richard...RE: Richard's Comment (this is another Richard, BTW)<br /><br />Age 18 is most definitely a mixed bet for a dropout minimum. <br /><br />As far as only a few Kentuckians visiting your site, they have other options, and a lot of Kentuckians who failed to get a regular high school diploma take them. <br /><br />We have a high number of GED awards per capita in Kentucky. <br /><br />I last checked in detail back in 2004, but at that time the number of GED's that had been awarded to Kentuckians Aged 18 to 24 as of 2003 was 38,540. <br /><br />Those age 22 in 2003 had collected a total of 6,480 GEDs. That amounts to more than 14 percent of the public school enrollment for this age cohort back before they started dropping out of high school.<br /><br />Kentuckians get a lot of GEDs. They just don't use your site very much, apparently.Richard Inneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14059705792512008731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4468664660833170893.post-57550750277560642742011-02-14T16:57:59.241-05:002011-02-14T16:57:59.241-05:00Your research indicates that increasing the dropou...Your research indicates that increasing the dropout age to 18 is a mixed bet. Some states marginally improved graduation rates with that law, some did not.<br /><br />After building a blog regarding the GED at http://onlinegedsite.com/ I've learned a great deal about high school dropouts and the GED.<br /><br />What I can tell you from my website is that out of over 3000 visitors in nearly a year, only 21 visitors came from Kentucky.rkraneishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15383321689810589975noreply@blogger.com