| Rocco Basile is a man from Brooklyn, New
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| | Economic Development" believes that
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| York who has impressed me with regard to
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| | prevention is almost always cheaper than
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| his beliefs about how we can all help to
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| | treatment. He states that if we do not
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| make changes in our world today through
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| | invest now, we most certainly will pay
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| education.
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| | later and discusses the social costs of
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| Rocco Basile noted something that Gandhi
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| | inadequate educational and workforce
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| believed. Real education consists in
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| | preparation opportunities, believing that
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| drawing the best out of yourself. What
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| | by increasing earnings, education can
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| better book can there be than the book of
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| | lower social costs.
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| humanity? (Mahatma K. Gandhi)
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| | Schweke notes that there is a strong
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| "My education taught me to be sympathetic
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| | relationship between low basic skills and
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| to the needs of others and helped me
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| | welfare dependency. 60 percent of
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| understand how that can change a world.
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| | out-of-wedlock births among 19 to
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| Like Gandhi said it is important for us
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| | 23-year-olds are to those who score in
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| to be the change we want to see in the
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| | the lowest 20 percent on basic skills
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| world," said Rocco Basile.
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| | tests. About 82 percent of all Americans
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| The US Department of Education (ED)
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| | in prison are high school dropouts.
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| tagline states, "Promoting educational
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| | Sadly, he also points out that the United
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| excellence for all Americans." This
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| | States spends almost 10 times as much as
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| organization was created in 1980 and the
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| | Western European countries on security
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| ED mission is "to promote student
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| | services, arrest, incarceration and
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| achievement and preparation for global
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| | parole, while these same countries spend
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| competitiveness by fostering educational
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| | comparable amounts on subsidized
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| excellence and ensuring equal access."
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| | employment and training.
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| Some 4,500 ED employees and a $71.5
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| | Many people like these men believe that
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| billion budget dedicated to establishing
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| | educating our youth is the answer to will
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| policies on federal financial aid for
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| | break the cycle of poverty, crime and
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| education, as well as distributing and
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| | drugs. "Educating our youth is the
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| monitoring the funds; collecting data on
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| | foundation for prosperity ... Economic
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| America's schools and disseminating
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| | problems, in turn, exacerbate social
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| research; focusing national attention on
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| | problems, such as crime, drug abuse,
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| key educational issues; and prohibiting
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| | gangs, reliance on government assistance,
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| discrimination and ensuring equal access
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| | and family break-ups. To ameliorate these
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| to education.
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| | weaknesses in the social fabric, public
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| For example, in Brooklyn, New York, gang
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| | funds that might otherwise go toward
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| violence is just part of everyday life.
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| | productive investment are spent instead
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| There are 17 thousand child abuse cases
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| | on crime control, drug treatment and
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| in this community that have been
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| | income support programs," says Schweke.
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| documented. One out of every three
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| | "Education positively affects income
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| families lives below the poverty line.
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| | distribution."
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| There is a 48 percent drop out rate among
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| | In the darkness, there is an organization
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| high school students, so out of the 30
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| | in Brooklyn, New York that is bringing
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| thousand students, 15 thousand are
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| | light and making a difference to help do
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| dropouts. Drugs, disease, gang violence,
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| | something about these statistics. There
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| and crime contribute to about a thousand
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| | are hundreds of people in need of
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| deaths annually. More and more people are
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| | intervention, children in need of
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| realizing that the answer is education.
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| | education, and families in need of
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| "I feel my education has allowed me to
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| | counseling, and hope, and Children of the
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| understand the adverse effects it had on
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| | City is an organization making a
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| my life. I was educated, therefore I was
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| | difference.
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| able to read many books from every
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| | Founded in 1981, the volunteer-based
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| culture and religion, which inspired me
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| | outreach connects people in need with
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| to make positive changes," he continued.
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| | basic services, educational and
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| "It has given me the intuition to see how
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| | employment training, health care,
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| positive change circulates back into my
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| | counseling, and many other personal
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| life."
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| | growth opportunities. People like Rocco
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| What happens to those in society that
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| | Basile are working through organizations
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| don't invest in education? Does it make a
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| | like this helping to reach children at
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| difference to the overall social
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| | risk and who can be resilient if they are
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| structure and eventually affect our
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| | given the right intervention and
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| economy? William Schweke, author of a
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| | education.
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| book entitled "Smart Money: Education and
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