San Diego's High School Dropout Crisis

Autor/in	Wilson, James C.
Titel	San Diego's High School Dropout Crisis
Quelle	In: Techniques: Connecting Education and Careers (J3), 87 (2012) 4, S.30-31 (2 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1527-1803
Schlagwörter	Dropouts; Dropout Research; Crime; Career Academies; Dropout Prevention; Dropout Rate; High School Students; Costs; Economic Impact; Change Strategies; School Holding Power; Human Capital; California + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen; Crimes; Delict; Delicts; Delikt; Berufsakademie; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Cost; Kosten; Ökonomische Determinanten; Lösungsstrategie; Humankapital; Kalifornien
Abstract	This article highlights San Diego's dropout problem and how much it's costing the city and the state. Most San Diegans do not realize the enormous impact high school dropouts on their city. The California Dropout Research Project, located at the University of California at Santa Barbara, has estimated the lifetime cost of one class or cohort of dropouts for the state of California at $24,212,395,755. They also project that this one year's crop of California's dropouts will go on to commit 113,954 violent crimes. The California Dropout Research Project has also made projections for the City of San Diego. For one class of the city's dropouts, they project lifetime costs of $534,020,025. And they project that this one year of dropouts will commit 3,879 violent crimes. For the full high school population, multiply these numbers by four and the cost is over 2 billion dollars and 15,000 violent crimes. The reason that these numbers are shocking is because the dropout issue has been kept under wraps. There is a remedy that over time can reduce high school dropout numbers. Career academies graduate 90 percent of their students, including disadvantaged students. These small schools within high schools use career themes to engage their students in learning. Career academies address the root cause of the dropout issue, and this is necessary to obtain savings and reductions in crime. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE). 1410 King Street, Alexandria, VA 22314. Tel: 800-826-9972; Tel: 703-683-3111; Fax: 703-683-7424; Web site: http://www.acteonline.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10