Good jobs are scarce in Pennsylvania, especially if you don’t have a high school diploma. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the percent of young adults (18-34) in Pennsylvania not enrolled in school and no high school diploma or GED was 7.5%. (Those are 2014 figures.) The figure in Vermont (the lowest) was approximately 3.4%; in Louisiana (the highest), it was just below 13%.
The U.S. as a whole clocked in at 9.1%.
I know that high school students are not the most rational people on the planet, but those figures are alarming. We ought to do better.
No comments:
Post a Comment