Recently, alienation levels have soared among ... poorer classes... who failed to finish high school.
The widening income gap in the United States is putting pressure on the economy in more ways than one. A huge stressor being that the schooling process is making it harder for lower income groups to compete for jobs in the market. This starts with schools in poorer districts that have higher rates of failing and high turnover in teaching. Kids stuck in these areas are immediately subjected to a much lower success rate of getting into college or simply learning technical skills for the service industry.
