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Goodwill created a new high school for dropouts − it led to better jobs and higher wages

  • Written by Patrick Turner, Associate Research Professor of Economics, University of Notre Dame
Goodwill created a new high school for dropouts − it led to better jobs and higher wagesGraduates found jobs in high-paying sectors, new research shows.izusek/E+ via Getty Images

When Goodwill of Central and Southern Indiana realized most of the clients in its job-training program lacked a high school diploma, it set out to address the issue.

In 2010, with the help of per-pupil funding from the state, the nonprofit opened The Excel...

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