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?