In “Reframing School Dropout as a Public Health Issue” (1), Freudenberg and Ruglis make a succinct, yet compelling, case. Arguably, reducing racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic disparities in educational achievement (including disparities related to graduating from high school by age 18 years) is key to reducing not only disparities in adult incarceration and socioeconomic position but also to reducing disparities in adult health.