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How one district solved its special education dropout problem

The Hechinger Report

The district’s class of 2010 had a 73 percent graduation rate for students in special education and a 13 percent dropout rate — double the dropout rate for the student body overall. The high dropout rate for students with disabilities is a pressing national problem. With that comes low self-confidence, he added.

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How a dropout factory raised its graduation rate from 53 percent to 75 percent in three years

The Hechinger Report

Talent Development Secondary, a nonprofit that grew out of a Johns Hopkins University study on dropout rates, is the data-driven arm of the Diplomas Now model; it identifies kids at risk of dropping out and establishes a schoolwide process of intervention and support services to keep them on track to graduate.

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How is STEM Education Shaping the Future of our Science Classes?

EdNews Daily

As high school dropout rates increase and the lack of motivation for students to learn science grows, the U.S. In particular, Hispanics and Latinos are one group in urban schools that lack the support for STEM education. They can also help young people prevent the loss of future career opportunities.

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One Year After Uvalde, a Reminder That ‘Trauma Has Tentacles’

Edsurge

They're really at risk for secondary traumatic stress , and that's something that we always have at the forefront of our minds as trauma-informed professionals. The burnout is, in part, often related to this phenomenon that we're understanding of secondary traumatic stress that Beth mentioned. because they were really in it.

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PBIS in High Schools

Minga

However, high schools require a greater focus on autonomy, academic alignment, and preparing students for post-secondary success when addressing behavioral, academic, social, emotional, and mental health needs. Reduced Dropout Rates: Supports at-risk students with targeted interventions , fostering engagement, relationships, and persistence.

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States use direct mail, money, to get more of their residents back to college

The Hechinger Report

The push to reach these dropouts by Mississippi and other states, including Indiana and Tennessee, reflects a growing recognition that there just aren’t enough students coming out of U.S. Go Back” campaign in Indiana, among the several states trying to get college dropouts to finish their college educations.

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Storefront Advising Programs Bring Free College Counseling Into Low-Income Communities

Edsurge

Northside High was previously named for Confederate leader Jefferson Davis, and it was once labeled a “ dropout factory ” in a Johns Hopkins University study of institutions with low graduation rates. As Canizales discovered on his own, the costs and benefits of various post-secondary pathways are not always obvious.

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