Lobato 8/17: Costs of dropping out
The costs of low educational achievement and the mixed history of legislative school funding efforts were the focus of the Lobato trial Wednesday.
Henry Levin, an education economist from Columbia University, testified all morning about a study he did on the personal and social costs triggered by failing to complete high school, as well as the benefits of higher levels of education to both individuals and the economy.
The tone shifted from the economic to the political later in the day, when two former legislators testified about legislative attitudes on the school finance system and, on cross-examination, state lawyers tried a couple of
