from harper’s index number of new u.s. soldiers the army would need in 2006 to replenish ranks...
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From Harper’s Index Total annual spending controlled by functionally illiterate U.S. consumers: $414,000,000,000 Chance that a teacher in a U.S. public school is a man: 1 in 5 Average percentage of students in N.Y. State’s majority-white districts who graduate in four years: 79 Average percentage who do so in districts where a majority of students are black or Latino: 40TRANSCRIPT
From Harper’s Index
• Number of new U.S. soldiers the Army would need in 2006 to replenish ranks abroad: 80,000
• Percentage of this goal it expects to meet: 9.9
• Percentage change since 1996 in the average recruitment cost per new U.S. soldier: +84
From Harper’s Index• Number of Palestinian communities that will be
surrounded by the new Israeli security fence on at least three sides: 53
• Chance that a German says Israel’s treatment of Palestinians is the same “in principle” as how Nazis treated Jews: 1 in 2
• Factor by which the unemployment rate among Jewish immigrants to Germany exceeds the national average: 3.5
• Percentage of Germans who say, about the Nazi era, that “one should not poke around in old wounds”: 60
From Harper’s Index• Total annual spending controlled by functionally
illiterate U.S. consumers: $414,000,000,000• Chance that a teacher in a U.S. public school is a
man: 1 in 5• Average percentage of students in N.Y. State’s
majority-white districts who graduate in four years: 79
• Average percentage who do so in districts where a majority of students are black or Latino: 40
From Harper’s Index• Ratio of the world’s reconstruction aid given to
postwar Kosovo, per capita, to that given postwar Afghanistan: 23:1
• Ratio of the number of peacekeeping troops in Kosovo, per capita, to that in Afghanistan: 24:1
***• Amount the U.S spent last year on mosquito nets
to fight malaria in Africa: $4,000,000• Amount it paid a consultancy to conduct “social
marketing” of mosquito nets: $7,900,000
From Harper’s Index• Percentage change in the average monthly price of
oil during the Carter Administration: +85• Percentage change during the presidency of
George W. Bush, before Katrina: +107* * *
• Number of consecutive years that the U.S. median income has failed to increase: 5
• Number of consecutive years that the percentage of Americans living in poverty has increased: 4
Obtaining a Bachelor's Degree by Age 24by Family Income
0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6
<$35K
$35K-$61K
$61K-$90
$90K+
Fam
ily In
com
e
Probability
Series1
Source: Ross Douthat, “Does Meritocracy Work?” Atlantic Monthly, November, 2005.
Obtaining a Bachelor's Degree by Age 24by Family Income
0
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.6
<$35K $35K-$61K $61K-$90 $90K+
Family Income
Prob
abili
ty
Series1
Percentage Passing WASL
0.05.0
10.015.020.025.030.035.040.045.050.0
1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05
Perc
ent
10th graders
4th graders
7th graders
Sophomores Passing WASL
0.0
5.0
10.0
15.0
20.0
25.0
30.0
35.0
40.0
45.0
1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05
Perc
ent
10th graders
Sophomores Passing WASL
0.010.020.030.040.050.060.070.080.090.0
100.0
1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05
Perc
ent
10th graders
Sophomores Passing WASL in 2005
42.8%
Current Sophomores Who Won’t Graduate*
57.2%*If the present situation persists.
Sophomores Passing WASL
0.010.020.030.040.050.060.070.080.090.0
100.0
Perc
enta
ge 10th graders
Linear (10th graders)
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