English 9AExposition18A
Randomly Ordered Research Questions for Exposition Section on Dropout Problem
___what percentage of high school dropouts are innumerate (don’t know basic math)?
___how many high school kids in the US drop out every year?
___how much more money does a high school graduate make than a high school dropout?
___how much money does a person need in Los Angeles to live comfortably
___how many high school students drop out in other countries?
___what percentage of high school dropouts are non-Hispanic whites?
___what percentage of high school dropouts are typically unemployed?
___how many high school students in California drop out every year?
___how much money does a college graduate make in a year?
___what percentage of high school dropouts end up in jail?
___what percentage of high school dropouts are African American?
___what percentage of SFHS students drop out every year?
___how does today’s dropout rate compare with the rate 5 or 10 years ago?
___how much does it cost to build and maintain a skate park?
___are children of dropouts more or less likely to be dropouts themselves?
___what percentage of high school dropouts are considered functionally illiterate?
___what percentage of high school dropouts are Latino?
___how does the dropout problem affect the nation’s economy?
___what percentage of high school dropouts are male/female?
___how much does it cost to house a prisoner for a year?
___how do other states compare to California in their drop-out rates?
___what percentage of LAUSD students drop out?
___how much do SFHS athletes have to spend to buy uniforms and equipment?
___what percentage of high school dropouts come from poor families?
___how much does it cost to provide welfare to the unemployed?
___how does SFHS’s drop-out rate compare with other LAUSD schools?
___how well does our nation’s economy do compared to countries with low high school drop-out rates?
___how is the US affected politically by a high high school drop-out rate?
___what percentage of high school dropouts are Native American?
___how much tax does the average American pay?
___how much is our nation’s unemployment rate affected by the number of high school ?
___how much does it cost to sponsor a concert?
___what percentage of high school dropouts are considered functionally illiterate?
___on average, how well educated are the parents of high school dropouts?
___how do drop-out rates in urban, suburban, and rural areas compare?
___what percentage of high school dropouts are Asian?
___how much does it cost the school to send a class on a field trip?
___how does the drop-out rate in LAUSD compare to other districts?
___what’s so bad about being illiterate or innumerate?
___how likely is it that a high school dropout will end up homeless?
___how many jobs in the US go unfilled because they’re aren’t enough qualified applicants?