Analysts: Higher dropout age won't fix schools

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Making kids stay in school until they are 18, as President Obama proposed during his State of the Union address, wouldn’t do much to address the nation’s educational woes, said analysts with an eye on the Washington area. Obama called on state legislatures to enact laws forbidding students to drop out of high school until they’re 18, a requirement some states already have set, while many others adhere to a younger standard. “We […] know that when students aren’t allowed to walk away from their education, more of them walk the stage to get their diploma,” he said.