Education Week: Dropouts

States Gird to Report Revised Graduation Rates

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 00:04:00 -0400

Graduation rates are expected to "drop" in many states due to a change in federal rules for reporting those rates.

Study Finds Fewer Dropouts and 'Dropout Factories'

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 00:03:00 -0400

Aggressive efforts to prevent students from dropping out contributed to a modest increase of 3.5 percentage points in the high school graduation rate.

Ex-Officials Indicted in Dropout-Data Case

Tue, 06 Mar 2012 00:03:00 -0500

Two former Houston school administrators, indicted after a two-year probe, could face prison time on charges they altered student-dropout records.

Dropping Out Should Be an Option

Tue, 06 Mar 2012 00:03:00 -0500

Job Prospects Bleak for Dropouts in Philadelphia

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:02:00 -0500

Sixty-five percent of the city's young adults without a high school diploma are unemployed. Monica Reyes is one of them.

Obama Rekindles State Debates on Dropout Age

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:02:00 -0500

The president's call to raise the compulsory-attendance age to 18 may spark action in legislatures, but experts doubt the impact on dropout rates.

Obama Rolls Out New Higher Education Initiatives

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:01:00 -0500

President Barack Obama takes aim at an issue that resonates with a constituency likely to be important to his re-election campaign: college students struggling to pay off their student loans.

Disengaged Youths

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:01:00 -0500

Young people who are neither employed or enrolled in school will cause a $1.56 trillion tax burden and a social burden of $4.75 trillion.

English-Learners

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:01:00 -0500

The longer students are classified as English-language learners, the greater the likelihood that they will drop out of school.

Let's Focus on Chronic Absenteeism

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 00:01:00 -0500

Lawmakers need to address the issue of chronic school absenteeism, Hedy Chang and Robert Balfanz write.

Every Student Is At Risk

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:12:00 -0500

Eric Fox believes that all children face the danger of not developing their potential, and that educators have a responsibility to go the extra mile.

Data Driving College Preparation

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 00:11:00 -0500

At the forefront of collecting and sharing student data, Kentucky has seen big improvements in college-going and remediation rates.

Higher Education Is Goal of GED Overhaul

Mon, 14 Nov 2011 00:11:00 -0500

Sponsors of the GED view its revision as a step toward postsecondary training rather than the end of a student's formal education.

School Police in L.A. to Ease Truancy Policy

Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:11:00 -0400

Los Angeles' school police department is shelving some of its get-tough policies and has issued new rules that are aimed at reducing the number of truancy tickets written to students.

More States Flag Potential Dropouts With Warning Data

Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:11:00 -0400

A new study finds growing numbers of states using data to identify students at risk of dropping out but researchers say these early warning systems ought to reach students in even earlier grades.