The Importance Of Talent Development In Education

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school and extra support overall. This is consistent with a study conducted by Rumberger and Thomas (2000) in which based on their results, stated, “In the eyes of students, good teachers may mean understanding and supportive teachers who can contribute to students staying in school […]” (p.55-56). Teachers who care about the success of their students and do what they can to help students thrive can improve retention rates. Increasing Students’ Interest and Value As follows from the information about supporting relationships and their impact on student success, is the notion that the lack of support is influencing students’ motivation to persist. A review of research on ways to improve retention rates by keeping students engaged, motivated and supported, suggested the use of talent development and career academies …show more content…

What is more, the study related that talent development increased the “likelihood of students graduating on time by about eight percentage points”, or 40 students a year, which is indicative of how social support can influence student retention (Kemple, Herlihy & Smith, 2005, p.6). Career academies. While career academies can be used in settings such as the previously mentioned talent development high schools, they are also beneficial as stand alone schools. Career academies focus on the idea that it is important to support students in their 9th grade year to help them find value in their education, as well. According to the Gerald (2007), like talent development high schools, “Career Academies combine academic coursework with career and technical coursework” and differ in that “they give students the chance to work with local employers” (para.

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