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Wednesday, May 23, 2012, 6:45 p.m.

Speaker sees education ‘crisis’

By John Krupa, Carolyne Park

High-school dropouts are costing Arkansas new jobs, higher salaries, home purchases and better health care those individuals would bring to the state if they received a diploma, the former governor of West Virginia said Tuesday.

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  • Headline: Speaker sees education ‘crisis’
  • Publication: Arkansas, Pages 12 on 05/05/2010
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