Los Angeles Tries Luring Back Dropouts via Social Networks

Autor/in	Maxwell, Lesli A.
Titel	Los Angeles Tries Luring Back Dropouts via Social Networks
Quelle	In: Education Week, 27 (2007) 8, S.1 (2 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0277-4232
Schlagwörter	High School Students; Dropouts; High Risk Students; Social Networks; Urban Areas; Dropout Programs; Computer Mediated Communication; Web Sites; Peer Influence; Nontraditional Education; Outreach Programs; California + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen; Problemschüler; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Urban area; Stadtregion; Computerkonferenz; Web-Design; Non-traditional education; Alternative Erziehung; Jobcoaching; Kalifornien
Abstract	This article reports that education leaders in Los Angeles, faced with unrelenting pressure to raise anemic high school graduation rates, are turning to YouTube, MySpace, text messaging, and the radio waves to reach students at risk of dropping out of school and lure back thousands who have already left. The Los Angeles Unified School District--the nation's second largest, with 708,000 students--is believed to be one of the first districts to use social-networking Web sites and text-messaging communications as a vital part of a dropout-reduction strategy. Students who abandoned the city's high schools and have come back to finish their diplomas will be the primary messengers to their at-risk peers in the new campaign. They will post video testimonials on YouTube and build groups on popular MySpace message boards to spread the word about their own experiences and the alternatives for earning a diploma, which don't necessarily require a return to one of the district's giant four-year high schools. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10