It makes perfect sense to emphasize that the increasing rates of dropouts effect every part of our systems from: poverty-level living wages, more uninsured for health care, higher prevalence of poor nutrition, less time for parents to nurture their children, less supervision of children, thereby foreboding future criminal and other behavior problems, and kids imitate parents…so if their parents dropout of school and did not return… kids may be more likely to do the same.Despite the myriad of reassurances that the drop-out rate is declining, it simply is not true. A recent article in Time Magazine of April 17th, 2006 devoted the front page to “DROPOUT NATION” and sent out a clarion call of alarm for dropout rates of 30% and in some case 50% for some groups. “Nearly half of all dropouts ages 16 to 24 are unemployed.” (Page 38) These are their recommendations:1. Third graders who can’t read begin a downward spiral of failure. Early Literacy programs help.2. Create alternative high schools. Choices in learning environments help kids who struggle in regular high schools.3. Spot future dropouts. Kids telegraph early warning signs of truancy or skipping classes. Intervention is essential.4. Support vocational education. Many dropouts see little relationship… Read full this story
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