Tucson (AZ) Mayor Jonathan Rothschild, in his State-of-the-City Address, cited a WestEd-published report on the high cost of students dropping out to the economy and to local and state government.

How Arizona’s Dropout Crisis Affects Communities, Creates Economic Losses for the State of Arizona was produced by WestEd for the Arizona Mayors Education Roundtable. The Roundtable is a partnership of WestEd and the Helios Foundation designed to increase city government’s role in helping youth prepare for college and careers. 

Read the Mayor’s State-of-the-City Address in this TucsonSentinel.com article.