Students’ dropping out of high school are a big problem all over the United States. The reason it is such a big problem is that students that don’t graduate are far worse off than those students who do get their high school diplomas. Some of the things that hurt most high school dropouts are they earn less money, they are more likely to be unhappy and unhealthy in life, they are less likely to be married, and more likely to be in jail than those students who do graduate from high school. (Messacar n.p). Some solutions that are proposed to solve this problem are to raise the legal age to be able to dropout to be from sixteen to eighteen years old, States should invest more in developing support programs for those at risk for dropping out, minimize costs of impressing “compulsory education policies”( Messacar n.p), and using all of these solutions to help the nation’s education system to grow and help students to want to attend college and help students to want to better themselves and their careers. Furthermore, by finding a solution to and minimizing the problem of high school dropouts the economy and the well being of people all over the United States will greatly increase.
The consequences of students dropping out of high school are surprisingly unknown to many people in the United States. Nearly one-third of public high school students, and almost one-half of African Americans, fails to graduate with their class every year (Brideland n.p). John M. Bridgeland author of the article “The High School Dropout Problem said, “most students who dropped out could have succeeded in school” (Bridgeland n.p). It’s scary to think that if these students had just been given the help that they needed; their lives would have turned out much d...
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According to Leonhardt, many people who drop out usually plan to go back eventually to get their degrees, but very few actually do. According to “Access to Attainment”, approximately 65% of all job openings will require postsecondary education by the year 2020 and “many of the long-standing programs and policies designed to foster access no longer supports the needs of today’s students” (Miller, et al. 5). The availability of higher education to the public has greatly changed over time, and thus the system and the programs must adapt as well to continue providing the best access and opportunities possible to individuals. “….a college education matters much more now than it once did” (Leonhardt). Lower-class students coming from low-income high schools might not have the same opportunities for learning as their upper-class counterparts, and as a result they are less likely to be accepted to elite universities. The education system is beneficial for many but it is flawed as well, especially in preparing high schoolers for college, which has the potential to greatly impact their
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Regularly, a student receives a diploma after a certain required course load is completed. On the other hand, some students can complete high school by a means of an equivalency test and receive a diploma that way. Unfortunately, each state, district, and even school uses the term dropout differently (USDE, 1996). The United States Department of Education?s National Center for Educational Statistics has stated three separate ways used to calculate the dropout rate. The first is when the percentage of students who drop out in a single year are reflected by the event rates. The second is when the status rates reflect a percentage of those students who in a certain age range have not finished high school ...
Throughout the years, the dropout rate of African Americans has increased and decreased. Many people look at black students as if they sit there and do not learn anything at all, but we do try. Some may think that the only reason the black students drop out is because of their grades, but that’s not true. Some dropout because of financial pressure, health problems, mental, emotional, and social issues, and may not have family support. “Blacks have historically been under represented for the past years” (Herndon 489).
It is important to find the means to prevent these students that are victimized by skyrocketing tuition from dropping out, and encourage all incoming high school seniors to continue their education. The reality is that the rise in college tuition is no longer affordable for the average American household. Parents cannot afford to pay for their children’s tuition on their incomes and students are very often forced to enroll part-time in order to have the time to get a job to pay for college. This very often causes a decrease in these students GPA and consequently increases the number of dropouts in the long run. Other times, it will take these students double the time to complete their degrees.
Holding a student back a grade has a host of negative affects on the student’s life. Most serious, is the chance of dropping out of high school, massively increases when a child is retained. A study by Melissa Roderick in 1994 shows how retention influences dropout rates. The percentage of students who were retained once in kindergarden to eighth grade was about 21% and of those ...
How does dropping out of high school affects students’ lives in the future? Students’ dropping out has become a crisis, President Obama said, “It’s time for all of us to come together parents and students, principals, and teachers, business leaders and elected officials to end America’s dropout crisis” (“ President Obama”). There are 7 thousand students’ that drop out of high school that adds up to about 1.2 million each year, wouldn’t it be nice to drop that number and help kids stay in school instead of dropping out of high school(“ President Obama”). Students’ shouldn’t drop out of high school because they couldn’t go to college, couldn’t hold down a job, and would struggle making minimum wage for the rest of their life.
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Expectations of today’s educational qualifications for high school students are different than it was in the past. It is not uncommon to hear about a student who did not graduate from school. As shown in table 1, 97 students from Stanly County dropped out of school in the 2011- 2012 school year (“Grade 7-13 Dropout Counts and Rates (pdf.62kb)”). Last school year 3.01 percent of North Carolina’s high school students dropped out of school according to the 2011-12 Consolidated Data Report, as a result the total number of students who dropped out of high school in the 2012 year is 13,488. It is also noted that the top five reasons NC students drop out of school are: 1. Attendance, 2. Enrollment in a Community College, 3. Unknown, 4. Moved, School status unknown, 5. Lack of Engagement. (“Dropout prevention and Intervention”) This number is very high considering that there are only five major high schools in the Stanly county district. This is why I think it is important that something should be done to reduce the high school dropout rate in Stanly County.
Bloom, Dan. "Helping High School Dropouts Improve Their Prospects." The Brookings Institution. N.p., Spring 2010. Web. 04 Nov. 2013.
Every 26 seconds one of our kids drops out of high school, that's 1.3 million students each year. The main reason for dropping out, the failure to succeed. Society puts an insurmountable amount of pressure on these kids to succeed, however this can actually be extremely detrimental to the students and children.
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Education is the key to success and there are multiple ways to boost a student’s confidence while attending high school to enhance a better future for his/herself. It is our job as parents and faculty to keep the students engaged and aware of the repercussions of dropping out and to do everything in our power to keep the students productive and interactive to ensure a bright
Regrettably, some students must drop out of school and use that time to get a job to help support their families. Female students who become pregnant have to drop out to take care of their child. Poor choices constrain some students to land themselves behind bars before their education becomes complete. Primary caretakers becoming ill and/or dying can force high schoolers to drop out and to take on the role of their family member, who has now become unable (“School Dropout”). These events can leave kids all over the country with two different options that have a few stunning similarities; receiving their GED, or dropping out of high school without a