The Dropout Crisis: Promising Approaches in Prevention and Recovery

Autor/inn/en	Steinberg, Adria; Almeida, Cheryl
Institution	Jobs for the Future, Boston, MA.
Titel	The Dropout Crisis: Promising Approaches in Prevention and Recovery
Quelle	(2004), (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Dropouts; Dropout Prevention; Dropout Rate; High School Students; African American Students; Hispanic American Students; Graduation Rate; Postsecondary Education; Job Skills; Education Work Relationship; Educational Policy; Policy Formation; Adolescents; Literacy; Small Schools; Educational Environment; Accountability; Community Colleges; General Educational Development Tests + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; African Americans; Afroamerikaner; Hispanic; Hispanic Americans; Hispanoamerikaner; Post-secondary education; Tertiäre Bildung; Produktive Fertigkeit; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Politische Betätigung; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Alphabetisierung; Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit; School; Schools; Schule; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Verantwortung; Community college; Community College
Abstract	The number of high school age students who do not complete high school is receiving increased attention as a serious challenge facing the educational system. This is happening for several reasons. New research estimates that about 30 percent of high school students fail to earn a diploma in the standard number of years, a higher figure than state and local education officials typically cite. In many states, barely half of African-Americans and Latinos graduate from high school. The magnitude of the challenge is becoming clear at the same time that a consensus is emerging that education beyond high school is critical to economic self-sufficiency and success in today's knowledge-intensive economy. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that 60 percent of jobs created between now and 2010 will require at least some postsecondary education. In the emerging economy, a high school dropout or a young person who earns a GED, but no further postsecondary credential, has extremely few opportunities for a family-supporting career. Addressing the dropout crisis will require responding to a dual challenge: state education systems must promote and support both dropout prevention strategies and dropout recovery efforts. This brief describes current practice in both prevention and recovery, highlighting promising approaches in each area that can help reduce stubbornly high dropout rates. It concludes with several suggestions for how state policymakers can help promote a more systemic approach to the dropout crisis. (Contains 23 endnotes.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10