That is not decreasing, that is actually increasing -- the gap between higher education and somebody with a high school education.
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Over the next 10 years, nearly half of all new jobs will require education that goes beyond a high school education.
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Nearly two-thirds of American adults with college degrees (64%) are married, compared with just 47% among those with a high school education.
He finished his GED -- the equivalent of a high school education -- while undergoing treatment and enrolled at a community college.
Fifty-five percent of the Chinese stopped school with a high-school education or less, while in the United States 46% stopped with a high-school education or less.
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She worked her way up -- only had a high school education, started as a secretary, ended up being the vice president of a local bank.
He watched his own grandmother, a woman with a high school education, work her way up to become a Vice President at a little community bank.
Some of the professions on our list require only a high school education, but many call for extensive training and apprenticeships that can last as long as four years.
The number of jobs where you can support a family and have a full benefit package on just a high school education, for example, those jobs are flat right now.
Meanwhile, the trades, where jobs are stable, lucrative and impossible to outsource, are ignored by talented pupils and scream for competent employees, while Dilbertians with only a high school education keep sliding economically.
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Fewer than half of college graduates support a proposal to put armed guards or police in more schools, while three-quarters of those with no more than a high school education favor the idea.
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After receiving a high school education in the U.S. and attending Sandhurst Military Academy in England, Abdullah in 1981 embarked on a career in the Jordanian army, rising to command the special forces as a major general.
There was a time when if you just got a high school education and you were willing to work hard, you could get a job in a trade or in the factory that paid a middle-class wage.
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She only had a high school education.
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My research based on 5 million American workers in 240 metropolitan areas over 20 years shows that increases in college-educated workers in an area result in better jobs and significantly higher wages, especially for workers with a high school education or less.
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And what you'll find in the Midwest, the Hmong population - there's a lot of ginseng farming, not that push for educational attainment and just, in general, those groups still don't overshadow the fact that even East Asian descent Asian-Americans have higher rates of poverty and still higher rates of not having a high school education or less than a high school education, as well.
New York courts have said the state constitution guarantees children the opportunity for a "sound basic education, " which courts have defined as a "meaningful high school education" that will prepare them to be competitive in a global economy and productive citizens at home.
Teachers nonetheless earn less than rig hands, most of whom have no more than a high-school education.
To be honest, Sharik had received a high-school education, and Cinderyushkin and Misha had received none at all.
As an example, the authors note that most high-skill jobs require only a high-school education in conjunction with on-the-job training.
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The first motorist, who never had an accident, was assumed to be single, have a high-school education, work as a receptionist and rent an apartment.
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Many arson investigators, it turned out, had only a high-school education.
With only a high school and trade school education, he parlayed a pair of early inventions into seed money for a company based upon a single idea:that amorphous and disordered materials could be better and cheaper than structured, crystalline ones to create and store energy and information.
With only a high school and trade school education, he parlayed a pair of early inventions into seed money for a company based upon a revolutionary idea of physics: that a random, amorphous collection of atoms would be more powerful and cheaper than structured, crystalline ones to create and store energy and information.
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Kristy Louridas is a high-school physical education teacher who reaches for Reese's Minis in resealable bags to satisfy her sweet tooth after hard workouts or dinner.
Besides, much of the value of a college or high school education is in the social dynamic, the various teamwork opportunities and leadership skills gained through human interaction.
When most new jobs in America require more than a high school diploma, higher education -- whether at a four-year college, at a two-year program -- it can't be a luxury.
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Other things constant, (1) kids with a better quality high school education are more likely to be prepared for the rigors of college life, and (2) kids that come from a more stable household and neighborhood environment as a youth are more likely equipped in terms of maturation to succeed academically in college.
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