Boy and girl Quote by James S. Coleman

I dropped out of high school four times between the ages of 12 to 17.

— Philip Emeagwali

Boys are 30 percent more likely than girls to drop out of school. In Canada, five boys drop out for every three girls. Girls…

— Philip Zimbardo

Dropping out of school is the ultimately caused by discrimination against young people in schools.

— Adam Fletcher

Kids drop out of school mostly because school is boring and not particularly relevant.

— Nicholas Negroponte

I dropped out or got kicked out of four high schools.

— Brian Ortega

High school dropout rates nationally - Not enough is being done on this issue.

— Cedric Richmond

There is a belief that children drop out of school because they're needed by their families to work, or the little girls are needed…

— Nicholas Negroponte

High school dropouts are forfeiting their opportunity to pursue the American Dream.

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

“Last year, millions of students didn’t graduate from high school. They didn’t drop out, they were simply in elementary and middle schools.”

— Jarod Kintz

Children don't drop out of high school when they are 16, they do so in the first grade and wait 10 years to make it official.

— Bob Keeshan

I dropped out of school when I was 15 years old. I dropped out because I guess I wasn't getting anything out of my…

— August Wilson

The dropout crisis is just the tip of an iceberg. What it doesn't count are all the kids who are in school but being…

— Anonymous