Question: High school dropouts. Write a factual report on high school dropouts in the United States. The following are examples of questions you might address: What states have the highest percentages of adults who did not finish high school? How do the earnings and employment rates of dropouts compare with those of other adults? Is the percentage who fail to finish high school higher among blacks and Hispanics than among whites?
The Statistical Abstract will supply you with data. Look in the index under "education" for an entry on "high school dropouts." You may want to look at other parts of the Statistical Abstract for data on earnings and other variables broken down by education.