11 Facts About Dropping Out | Do Something. http://www.dosomething.org/actnow/tipsandtools/11-facts-about-dropping-out

1. Every year, over 1.2 million students drop out of high school in the United States alone. That's a student every 26 seconds – or 7,000 a day.
2. More than a quarter of high school freshmen fail to graduate from high school on time.
3. On average, only 58% of students in America's 50 largest cities make it to graduation.
4. More than one in four Hispanic youth drop out, and nearly half leave by the eighth grade.
5. Hispanics are twice as likely as African Americans to drop out. White and Asian American students are least likely to drop out.
6. In the last 20 years, the earnings level of dropouts doubled, while it nearly tripled for college graduates.
7. Recent dropouts will earn $200,000 less than high school graduates, and over $800,000 less than college graduates, in their lives.
8. Dropouts make up nearly half the heads of households on welfare.
9. In the U.S., high school dropouts commit about 75 percent of crimes.
10. The dropout problem is likely to increase substantially through 2020 unless significant improvements are made.
11. America's high school graduation rate ranks 19th in the world. (Forty years ago, we were number one.)

Sources: 
Strong American Schools 
Underlying Causes of High School Dropouts 
Kid Source Online: New Information on Youth Who Drop Out 

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Why students drop out of high school and what can be done. http://education.ucsb.edu/rumberger/book/ch1.pdf

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Why Do So Many Americans Drop Out of College? - Jordan Weissmann - The Atlantic

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/03/why-do-so-many-americans-drop-out-of-college/255226/


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Drop-Outs In America - Book Report

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Bring Dropouts Back to your High School

Bring Dropouts Back to School

The American Academy works with school districts across the country to give dropouts and other at-risk students the flexibility, accountability and support they need to get to graduation day. From Washington to Florida and dozens of schools districts in between, our partnerships provide licensed teachers, experienced administrators, on-the-ground student advocates, 24-7 tutors, state-aligned curriculum, full documentation and technological support.

With more than 230 online courses, our students have the opportunity to explore a variety of interests while working toward their high school diplomas. And in most cases we can get dropouts re-enrolled and back in class in a matter of days.

But although we believe wholeheartedly that everyone deserves a second chance to finish school, we don't think our efforts should draw one penny away from other programs or other students. That's why we work with school districts to ensure that dropout recovery is a budget-neutral proposition; there are no start-up costs and there is no financial risk — guaranteed.

To learn more, visit Dropout Recovery Program website or give us a call at 1-866-689-1932.

http://www.theamericanacademy.com/SaaS

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High School Dropouts Worsened By Lack Of Support, Becoming A Parent: Survey

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/15/lack-of-support-becoming-_n_2137961.html

Absence of parental or educational support and becoming a parent are the two top reasons cited by respondents for dropping out of high school, according to the 2012 High School Dropouts in America survey of 513 adults aged 19 to 35.

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Research Center: Dropouts

http://www.edweek.org/ew/issues/dropouts/

Calculating Dropout Rates

There are several different ways to calculate and report dropout rates, although the 2010-11 school year is the first in which states, districts, and schools must report their high school graduation rates based on a common method in which cohorts of students entering 9th grade are tracked through graduation. In the 2011-12 year, the four-year adjusted cohort rate will be used for federal accountability under the No Child Left Behind law.

Other methods of calculating and reporting dropout rates may generate vastly different results. A state may report one set of numbers suggesting a low dropout rate; then, a private organization might analyze the statistics using a different measure and accuse the state or school system of underestimating the problem. Here are some of the different ways of calculating dropout rates:

Status Rate: This reports the percentage of 16- through 24-year-olds who are not in school and have not earned a high school diploma or an alternative credential. Status rates reveal the extent of the dropout problem in the population, and are therefore used to estimate the need for further education and training designed to help dropouts participate fully in the economy and broader life of the nation.

Event Rate: This estimates the percentage of students who left high school between the beginning of one school year and the beginning of the next without earning a high school diploma or an alternative credential. This annual measure provides important information about how effective educators are in keeping students enrolled in school. The event rate is generally lower than the status rate.

High School Completion Rate: This indicates the percentage of individuals in a given age range who are not in high school and who have earned a high school diploma or an alternative credential, irrespective of when the credential was earned.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2011.

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2012 High School Dropouts in America Survey Released on Nov. 14 - Yahoo! Finance

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It’s Time to Get Schooled

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There's a thin spot in my fistula.
Will have outpatient surgery if the fistulogram shows a thinning in the veins.
YOUR WILL BE DONE LORD!

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Destined for Middle School: You Gotta Have Heart / http://www.ed.gov/blog/2012/03/destined-for-middle-school-you-gotta-have-heart/

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Guest Blogger

Delia Davis-Dyke didn't always want to be a middle school administrator.

Her first aspiration was to be an attorney, but she was moved by the words of one of early bosses: "Major in what you love and the money will come." So Ms. Davis-Dyke studied Spanish until she realized she wanted to have the same valuable impact that a number of educators had on her life.

Educators were key in Delia's development during her middle years. Her mom died when she was just 13 years old, and without the guidance of the teachers around her, who knows what might have happened?.....

The 2012 Statistical Abstract: Elementary and Secondary Education: Completions and Dropouts. http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/cats/education/elementary_and_secondary_education_completions_and_dropouts.html

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Fast Facts. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. (2011). The Condition of Education 2011 (NCES 2011-033), Indicator 20. http://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=16

High School Dropouts in America. http://www.all4ed.org/files/GraduationRates_FactSheet.pdf

Nationwide, about seven thousand students drop out every school day. This statistic may not have been noticed fifty years ago, but the era during which a high school dropout could earn a living wage has ended in the United States. By dropping out, these individuals significantly diminish their chances to secure a good job and a promising future. Moreover, each class of dropouts is responsible for substantial financial and social costs to their communities, states, and country in which they live.

Although graduation rates are a fundamental indicator of how schools are ultimately performing, only recently have those rates been rigorously scrutinized, revealing the extent of the crisis in America's high schools. For decades, schools and districts published misleading or inaccurate graduation rates, and as a result, the American public knew little of the scope and gravity of the problems faced by far too many of the nation's high schools. Reputable, independent research has exposed alarmingly low graduation rates that were previously hidden behind inaccurate calculations and inadequate data........................................

COMMON CORE STATE STANADRDS INITIATIVE - http://www.corestandards.org/

The Common Core State Standards provide a consistent, clear understanding of what students are expected to learn, so teachers and parents know what they need to do to help them. The standards are designed to be robust and relevant to the real world, reflecting the knowledge and skills that our young people need for success in college and careers. With American students fully prepared for the future, our communities will be best positioned to compete successfully in the global economy.

Parental Imprisonment and Childhood Disadvantage / Wildeman, Christopher. Demography 46. 2 (May 2009): 265-80

 

.....THE PRISON BOOM AND THE RISK OF PARENTAL IMPRISONMENT

Two types of studies provide insight into the magnitude and social patterning of the risk

of parental imprisonment. Mumola (2000) provided point-in-time estimates of the percentage

of white and black children having a parent imprisoned, showing that 7.0% of

black children and 0.8% of white children have a parent imprisoned at any time. Studies

of the lifetime risk of imprisonment for adults also provide guidance for estimating the

magnitude, rate of change, and disparities in the risk of parental imprisonment. The lifetime

risk of imprisonment for American men more than tripled between 1974 and 1997:

up from 2% to 7% (Bonczar 2003:7). These risks are distributed unequally by race and

class. Black men born in 1965–1969 were 7 times more likely to have been imprisoned

than white men; high school dropouts were 12 to 16 times more likely to go to prison than

college-educated men (Pettit and Western 2004:162). Race and class inequality produced

astonishingly high lifetime risks of imprisonment for black men with little schooling;

nearly 60% of black male dropouts born in 1965–1969 had been to prison by 1999 (Pettit

and Western 2004:162). Although lifetime risks of imprisonment for women were small

compared with the risk for men, they more than doubled over this period; and research

indicates that imprisonment has become relatively common for black women with low

levels of educational attainment (Bonczar 2003:8).....

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