A 10 percent boost in graduation rates at Pennsylvania high schools could lead to the prevention of as many as 150 murders in the state every year, claims a report released yesterday.
The report comes from Fight Crime: Invest in Kids, a Harrisburg-based advocacy group that is calling for a huge investment in prekindergarten programs that prepare young children for school and, according to statistics, increase their chances of reaching graduation.
“If we don’t pay now, we’ll pay later with increased crime,” Allegheny County Sheriff William P. Mullen said yesterday during a news conference at Westinghouse High School in Homewood. Click here to read the rest of this article.
