Helping Students Graduate : a Strategic Approach to Dropout Prevention.

Helping Students Graduate : a Strategic Approach to Dropout Prevention.

This book describes the fifteen strategies identified through research reviewed by The National Dropout Prevention Center and Network at Clemson University. Each chapter in this book was written by a nationally recognized authority in that field. Research has shown that these 15 strategies have been...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schargel, Franklin
Other Authors: Smink, Jay
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013.
Subjects:
Dropouts > United States > Prevention.
Motivation in education > United States.
School improvement programs > United States.
Educational change > United States.
Dropouts > Prevention
Educational change
Motivation in education
School improvement programs
United States
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; About the National Dropout Prevention Center and Network; Acknowledgments; Caveats; About the Authors; Table of Contents; Effective Strategies for Dropout Prevention; A School and Community Perspective; Early Interventions; Basic Core Strategies; Making the Most of Instruction; 1 Coming to Terms with At Risk; The Term At-Risk Students; Early Use and Definitions; Risk Factors: The Research Base; Contemporary Use of the Term At-Risk Students; Our Recommendation; References; 2 School Dropouts: A National Issue; Counting the Dropouts; Counting the Cost.
  • The Educational Arena Is ChangingNo Child Left Behind; High-Stakes Testing; Highly Qualified Teachers
  • Nationwide Trends; An Aging Population; New Patterns of Immigration; Student Diversity; Movement Wrthin the Country; Changing Family Structures; Poverly; Teenage Sex and Pregnancy; Drugs; Crime and Violence; What can We Do about Dropouts?; The Need for Systemic Renewal; Reforms Are Episodic; Reforms Address Symptoms Rather than Causes; Reforms Are Not Systemic; Conclusion; References; 3 Who Drops Out and Why; Defining the Dropout; Types of Dropout Rates; Event Dropout Rates.
  • Status Dropout RatesCohort Dropout Rates; High School Completion Rates; Graduate Equivalency Degree (GED); Why Students Drop Out; Factors Linked to High Dropout Rates; Student Retention; Poverty; Ethnicity; Limited English Proficiency; Urban Schools; Rural Schools; Teen Sexual Activity; Tracking; Disruptive Students; Children with Special Needs; Geographic Location; Predicting Dropouts Isn't That Simple; Dropouts Are a Systemic Problem; Conclusion; References; A School and Community Perspective; 4 Systemic Renewal: What Works?; Barriers to Change; Organizational Barriers to School Improvement.
  • Professional CapacityExamples of Systemic Renewal; What Have We Learned?; New American Schools Initiative; Evolution of the Designs; Design Scale-Up Implementation; Student Outcomes; General Findings of the Study; Comprehensive School Reform Program; Effective Implementation and Best Practices; Conclusion; References; 5 The Power of School-Community Collaboration in Dropout Prevention; What Is Collaboration?; Features of Successful School-Community Collaboration; Limitations of and Barriers to Collaboration; A Successful School-Community Collaboration; Assessing Collaboration.
  • Starting a School-Community Collaboration?Conclusion; References; 6 Creating Safe Learning Environments; Old and New Concerns; Safe School Planning; Essential Components of the Plan; Legal Aspects of Safe School Planning; A Framework for Planning; Leadership of the Planning Team; The Work of the Safe School Team; Articulating the Mission Statement; Conducting a Site Assessment; Collecting Data; School Safety-Sample Student Questionnaire; Early Interventions; 7 Family Engagement; The Impact of Family Involvementon Student Achievement; Effective Strategiesto Connect Families and Schools.

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