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Four Alarming Facts and One Prediction about Dropout Rates

dropout-rates

Fact #1:  We cannot compare dropout rates when there are different ways of calculating a rate. Various ways of calculating the dropout rate reveal different ways of thinking about the issue. Event rate indicates the number of students who leave high school each year and is compared with previous years. Status rate, a cumulative rate much higher than the event rate, denotes the proportion of [...]

Dropout Rates Resources

Dropout Rates Resources

The Silent Epidemic Rethinking High School Graduation Rates and Trends High School Dropouts Cost State Billions Graduation Rates in the Nation’s 50 Largest School Districts Reducing the Dropout Rate States’ Data Obscure How Few Finish High School Log On, Don’t Drop Out: Technology Trumps Truancy Model Program:  My Future, My Decision

Model Program – Dropout Students and Social Online Networking

Model Program - Dropout Students and Social Online Networking

My Future, My Decision What do dropout students and social online networking have in common? My Future, My Decision is a program with a different approach. Debra Duardo, the Director of Dropout Prevention and Recovery for Los Angeles Unified School District shares her thoughts. LAUSD is doing everything possible to improve our graduation rate.  In 2006 we implemented the Diploma Project, a comprehensive dropout prevention [...]

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