1. How important is closing
the achievement gap?

2. By 4th grade, Black and
Latino students are on
average nearly 3
academic years behind
their white and Asian
counterparts.

3. On average, an
American student drops
out of high school every
26 seconds.

4. On average, an
American student drops
out of high school every
26 seconds.

5. Annually, the US spends
$9,644 per student
compared to $22,600 per
prison inmate.

6. High school
graduates live up to
7 years longer than
high school
dropouts.

7. A high school
dropout is 8x more
likely to be
incarcerated than a
college graduate.

8. 90% of incoming freshman come
from families in the top half of U.S.
annual income distribution.

9. Only about half the nation's
African-American & Latino
students graduate from high
school on time.

10. High school graduates will earn
approximately $1 million less over
their working lives than college
graduates.

11. An effective teacher is
the single most
important factor in
boosting student
achievement...

12. ...more than class size,
curriculum, or the
dollars spent per
student.

13. An effective teacher is
the single most
important factor in
boosting student
achievement.