i would like to think marla for her work -- to thank marla.re is the low income families project, which i direct. and to refer people who want to see some of the written product, the transition to adulthood, there is a series of breaks on our website that feature this work and some of the work that was supported, dealing with the same data set, and i would like to thank all of the panelists putting up good ideas. for our urban, www.urban.org, and for the department of labor, where you can find the new ideas. >> www.dol.gopv. -- www.dol.gov. >> ok, i am sorry could not spend more time getting more questions on the table. thank you very much. [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> tomorrow, we take you live to a debate between the three democratic candidates in a race to replace the south carolina governor. that is live on c-span thursday starting at 7:00 p.m. eastern. and you can watch all campaign debates on our website, c- span.org. >> booktv in primetime

marla doesn't focus on the wages.ven the most advantaged group in this data, white high-school graduates are going to face a future of very low-wage jobs. motivation, for a lot of these young people, even the white high-school graduates, to seek employment and keep it is very limited. that might be accounted for. what does this say about policy? i will paint some broad goals for policy. i am sure linda and bill will have a lot to say about how we achieve those. it is important to prevent continued high rates of high school dropouts and effectively reconnect those who do ddop out. we want to bring down those numbers. it is about more than getting people ged's. it is about having real high school diplomas. once we keep people in high school, i think we need to have much more effective pathways. we know how to do some of that. we have some good evidence on the ability of high-quality careers in technical education. i emphasize high-quality. i am talking about career academies. tech preparation. apprenticeship programs th