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Source: nces.ed.gov --- 1 day ago
This report builds upon a series of National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) reports on high school Dropout and completion Rates that began in 1988. It presents estimates of Rates for 2006 and provides data about trends in Dropout and completion Rates over the last three decades (1972-2006), including characteristics of dropouts and completers in these years. Report highlights include: The averaged freshman graduation rate (AFGR), which provides an estimate of the percentage of public high school students who graduate with a regular diploma 4 years after starting 9th grade, was 74.7 percent for the class of 2005. Students living in low-income families were approximately four times more likely to drop out of high school between 2005 and 2006 than were students living in high-income families. In October 2006, approximately 3.5 million civilian noninstitutionalized 16- through 24-year-olds were not enrolled in high school and had not earned a high school diploma or alternative credential. ... Source: www.wickedlocal.com --- 8 days ago
As the final days of summer wind down and students return to the classroom, I thought this would be a good opportunity to update parents about some of the recent education initiatives the Legislature has worked on. One of the biggest concerns I hear from my constituents with school-age children is: How much is the state doing to help fund local education programs? Although property taxes are the primary source of funding for municipal programs and services, cities and towns also rely on state aid. For education, this money is distributed through a program known as Chapter 70. The Fiscal 2009 budget, signed in July, includes $3.95 billion in Chapter 70 aid. This represents an increase of $223 million statewide over last fiscal year. Since the passage of the landmark 1993 Education Reform Act, Chapter 70 aid has grown considerably. However, because some historical inequities remain in the distribution formula, certain communities have benefited from this additional funding more than others. Some communities, including Stoneham and Wakefield, are still waiting to see their Chapter 70 aid restored to the levels that existed prior to the cuts made during the last economic recession. Three years ago, the Senate adopted a five-year reform plan to correct the inequities in the formula. The new formula gives equal weight to both income and property values to determine how much funding individual communities will receive. As we ... Source: www.publicbroadcasting.net --- 1 day ago
FIGHT CRIME is out with a report entitled School or the Streets: Crime and New York's Dropout Crisis --- a study showing that by increasing graduation Rates by just 10 percentage points, 180 murders and 9,100 aggravated assaults could be prevented in New York every year. ... Source: www.wickedlocal.com --- 8 days ago
As the final days of summer wind down and students return to the classroom, I thought this would be a good opportunity to update parents about some of the recent education initiatives the Legislature has worked on. One of the biggest concerns I hear from my constituents with school-age children is: How much is the state doing to help fund local education programs? Although property taxes are the primary source of funding for municipal programs and services, cities and towns also rely on state aid. For education, this money is distributed through a program known as Chapter 70. The FY09 budget, signed in July, includes $3.95 billion in Chapter 70 aid. This represents an increase of $223 million statewide over last fiscal year. Since the passage of the landmark 1993 Education Reform Act, Chapter 70 aid has grown considerably. However, because some historical inequities remain in the distribution formula, certain communities have benefited from this additional funding more than others. Some communities, including Stoneham and Wakefield, are still waiting to see their Chapter 70 aid restored to the levels that existed prior to the cuts made during the last economic recession. Three years ago, the Senate adopted a five-year reform plan to correct the inequities in the formula. The new formula gives equal weight to both income and property values to determine how much funding individual communities will receive. As we approach the hal ... Source: www.topix.com --- 8 days ago
For each of the past six years, it's been accurate to suggest that students entering high school take a good look around at their classmates, for about one-third of the youngsters they could see weren't going ... ... Source: www.schoollibraryjournal.com --- 7 days ago
What’s a good way to see a decline in the crime rate? By making sure teens graduate from high school. Dropouts are 3.5 times more likely to be arrested than high school graduates and more than eight times as likely to be incarcerated, a report says. ... Source: www.chron.com --- 3 days ago
Houston's annual door-knocking blitz that aims to locate hundreds of teens who haven't yet found their way back to school has spawned several copycat initiatives in other Texas cities that are also struggling with high Dropout Rates. ... Source: www.chron.com --- 8 days ago
Poor students hurt I'M a retired public high school teacher. The title of the No Child Left Behind law summarizes the intent of Congress and the Texas Legislature toward public education. The emphasis is on Dropout Rates, TAKS failure Rates, etc. ... Source: www.freep.com --- 9 days ago
With the implementation of a new statewide formula for measuring graduation Rates, Michigan finally has an accurate assessment of which school districts are indeed Dropout factories. A formula is hardly a solution, but it does give the state the data it needs to begin working more closely on solutions in those districts where intervention is needed. ... Source: www.prnewswire.com --- 58 days ago
... Source: www.rgj.com --- 8 days ago
Obama recognizes that today's educational system is in dire need of repairs. America's schools have high Dropout Rates, low literacy levels,and are not adequately funded to provide for the reforms called for in No Child Left Behind. Obama's plans for education begin in infancy and continue through college, providing continuous support for those students who struggle most. ... Source: www.bignewsnetwork.com --- 11 days ago
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A new report links high school Dropout Rates to incarceration Rates.Kansas City area law enforcement officials gathered Monday to discuss the report by Invest in Kids, which found ... ... Source: www.hometownlife.com --- 9 days ago
Nearly nine of 10 students who enter public high schools in Walled Lake and West Bloomfield graduate within four years. The state recently overhauled how graduation and Dropout Rates are reported, with the goal of more accurately reflecting how students fare in four years. The graduation rate is now calculated by tracking individual students from the time they were enrolled as first-time ninth-graders, with a four-year expected completion rate. The formula accounts for students who leave school and return later, for students who fail a grade but stay in school and for students who transferred into and out of the public school system. Many districts feared the new rules would mean a significant drop in overall graduation Rates, but that didn't happen in local districts. In West Bloomfield, 96 percent of students from West Bloomfield High graduated on time. Students from Laker Academy, the district's alternative high school, had a 37-percent graduation rate. The overall district graduation rate was 89 percent. "Even with the new formula and many school districts bracing for sharp decreases in graduation Rates, West Bloomfield High School posted a strong rate of 96 percent, which is actually a slight increase over last year," said Kendra Hearn, assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction. "We feel the new formula provides a more accurate picture, with the exception of student transfers." In Walled Lake, the overall gradu ...
Source: www.hollandsentinel.com --- 6 days ago
So much attention has been focused in Michigan on increasing the number of young people who attend college, we often forget how many students never make it out of high school. The Michigan Department of Education reported last week that only 75 percent of the state’s high school students graduate in four years. Once students who take more than four years or get a GED are factored in, 15 percent are considered dropouts. Locally, graduation Rates at traditional high schools range from 74.25 percent at Holland High School to 89.94 percent at Hamilton High, and those numbers make the local situation appear a little better than it actually is because they don’t factor in students who attend alternative schools. School officials may quibble about the numbers — there are many ways to calculate graduation and Dropout Rates. The actual Rates may be better at some schools because they can’t always keep track of transient students who go on to get their high school diplomas elsewhere. But even if the graduation Rates are off by 10 percent, the numbers are still disturbing. Dropping out of high school is almost like committing economic suicide. In an economy where virtually every job, even entry-level blue-collar positions, requires a high school education, dropouts find themselves at a severe disadvantage that may last a lifetime. Income strongly correlates with education, and in 2005 the Bureau of Labor Statistics found that the average Dropout ... Source: oncampus.macleans.ca --- 3 days ago
Liberals take credit for rising graduation rate; critics say Dropout Rates among specific groups still too high ...
Source: www.kmbc.com --- 11 days ago
A new report links high school Dropout Rates to incarceration Rates. ... Source: www.state-journal.com --- 2 days ago
Graduation Rates are improving at Franklin County High School " deemed a "Dropout factory" in 2007 " according to administrators at Tuesday's board of education meeting. Franklin County Public School board member Larry Perkins asked about the Rates after a presentation concerning recent No Child Left Behind scores given by Assistant Superintendent Chrissy Jones. Jones said the statistics are a year. ... Source: lgbtyouthnews.blogspot.com --- 9 days ago
Jimmy Bounthavy says he came out in middle school, but it wasn't until his freshman year at North Dallas High School that he ran into problems. Bounthavy, now 20, said in addition to being threatened, teased and called names, he was stuffed inside a locker and thrown in a Dumpster. "Students, teachers, security — they all harassed me for being gay," Bounthavy said. "I didn't feel safe to go to that school." When Bounthavy decided to drop out, it was a disappointment to his family. Since then, he's spent most of his time caring for his mother, who raised him on her own but is now disabled from diabetes. Bounthavy also works in landscaping and frequently goes to Youth First Texas, which is just a few blocks from his house. For a while, it didn't appear as though Bounthavy would ever get an education. His mother emigrated to the U.S. from Laos, and English is his second language. Then, earlier this year, Bounthavy became the first student to enroll in a new GED program at YFT, Dallas' nonprofit organization serving LGBT youth. Fighting gay youth Dropout Rates Dallas Voice, TX - ... Find more results for Dropout Rates on RSSMicro.com |
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UNDATED -- Graduating kids from school is the future, its all about making sure our kids and grand kids have a better life than we did and we are only getting a “C” grade for the job we are doing in Michigan. As kids get ready to head back to school all over Michigan, state officials are announcing that Dropout Rates are not as bad as some have claimed. Some reports have trashed Dropout Rates in public schools, especially in Michigan's urban districts. A new report from Michigan's Center for Educational Performance and Information says that more than three-quarters of the high school students who started 9th grade in 2003, graduated last year. Meanwhile, just 15-percent dropped out. They say they used a different, more accurate method of measuring graduation Rates this year: One that follows kids through their full four-year high school careers. The Governor isn't thrilled, though. Jennifer Granholm has issued a statement saying it isn't good enough, and highlighting her plan for smaller high schools as a potential solution. While the 2007 graduation rate statewide was 75-percent, the Rates around here were a little different. ---In Portage, 83-percent of students graduated on-time, while next door in Kalamazoo, only 69-percent managed to make it through the curriculum in four years. At Kalamazoo Central they graduated 88% and at Loy Norrix 73%. It was a much lower rate at the Alternative High school that brings the district avera ...
A mentoring program called SMILES plans to put smiles on the faces of 1,000 students in Fall River and New Bedford this year. The SouthCoast Mentoring Initiative for Learning, Education and Service is targeting the month of September for this year’s “600 SMILES” campaign to recruit new volunteers to mentor students in the Fall River and New Bedford public schools. SMILES Executive Director James Mathes said the goal this year is for the entire program to attract a total of more than 1,000 mentors in both SouthCoast cities. “We hope to attract up to 600 volunteers in Fall River, the rest in New Bedford,” Mathes said. Last year, he said, Fall River included 225 volunteer mentors. A total of 280 volunteers in New Bedford equaled a grand total of 505 mentors in what was the program’s second year as an incorporated nonprofit organization. SMILES began in 2005 as a three-year pilot program in New Bedford, founded by a group of SouthCoast business, social service, faith-based and education leaders in an effort to address chronic student Dropout Rates in the region. SMILES mentors spend an hour a week in a one-on-one match with a student in a group setting. The Fall River programs are currently located in the Kuss Middle School, Morton Middle School, Talbot Middle School, Henry Lord Middle School, Doran Elementary School, Greene Elementary School, Fonseca Elementary School and the Letourneau Elementary School. The Herald News is once again ...