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 Here you will find information that looks at both dropout and graduation rate issues. Posting here does not imply Georgia Partnership endorsement. The Economic Benefits of Reducing High School Dropout Rates in America's Fifty Largest Cities In the nation's 50 largest cities and their surrounding areas, nearly 600,000 students dropped out from the Class of 2008. These students dropped out at a great cost to themselves, their communities, businesses they would have used and governments to which they would have paid taxes. See National Analysis.(December 2009) The Consequences of Dropping Out of High School - Joblessness and Jailing for High School Dropouts and the High Cost for Taxpayers Here's even more ammunition to use when fighting the dropout battle. This continues to be a bleeding sore for the U.S. (October 2009) The High Cost of High School Dropouts: What the Nation Pays for Inadequate High Schools Every school day, more than 7,000 students become dropouts. Annually, that adds up to about 1.3 million students who will not graduate from high school with their peers as scheduled. Relating: See the Georgia Partnership's Economics of Education program. (August report posted September 2009) Graduating America: Meeting the Challenge of Low Graduation-Rate High Schools The federal government has a once-in-a-generation opportunity to stimulate significant progress in solving the nation’s graduation crisis. Relating Atlanta Journal-Constitution story. (July 2009) On the Front Lines of Schools - Perspectives of Teachers and Principals on the High School Dropout Rate This study finds that in contrast to most students who drop out, many educators do not believe that students at risk of dropping out would work harder if more were demanded of them. PND story. (June 2009) Diplomas Count 2009; Broader Horizons - The Challenge of College Readiness for All Students What it means to be ready to attend college is open to argument, with no firm consensus on how to measure college readiness or ensure that all students clear such a bar. (June 2009) Preventing High School Dropouts Can Start in 4th Grade One out of every four students fails to graduate from high school in four years, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. (June 2009) Dropouts in the Denver Public Schools: Early Earning Signals and Possibilities for Prevention and Recovery Denver students who get at least one failing grade on their report cards, even in 6th grade, are at a higher risk of dropping out of school later. (May 2009) Inside Out This emotionally gripping documentary exposes the real story about the devastating and lasting effects of dropping out of school, told by those who live with the consequences every day, prison inmates. (April 2009) Cities in Crisis 2009 - Closing the Graduation Gap - Educational and Economic Conditions in America's Largest Cities More than one in four kids drops out of high school in the United States. Still, Philadelphia, Tucson, Arizona, and Kansas City, Missouri, made huge gains over the past decade, boosting graduation rates by 20 percentage points or more. (April 2009) Grad Nation - A Guidebook to Help Communities Tackle the Dropout Crisis This report attempts to serve as a road map in the critical effort to keep kids in school. It arms you and your community with the latest research, best practices, and key tools for meeting your community’s dropout challenge. (April 2009) Reengaging High School Dropouts High school dropouts face daunting odds of success in a labor market that increasingly rewards education and skills. This report presents very early results from a rigorous, independent evaluation of the National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program. (March 2009) A Uniform, Comparable Graduation Rate The reforms introduced into the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) fundamentally changed the way that states and districts approach the challenge of educating all students to achieve high standards. (December 2008) Creating Postsecondary Pathways to Good Jobs for Young High School Dropouts Although 30 percent of all young people and 50 percent of minority youth leave high school without a high school diploma, the issue of how to reconnect dropouts to the education system receives far less attention than low graduation rates and dropout prevention. (October 2008) Developing Early Warning Systems to Identify Potential High School Dropouts More students fail the ninth grade than any other grade in high school, and students who are held back in their freshman year are especially likely to drop out. (July 2008) The High Cost of High School Dropouts - What the Nation Pays for Inadequate High Schools According to this report, had the more than 1.2 million students who dropped out of the Class of 2008 graduated, the nation's economy would have benefitted from an additional $319 billion in income over the course of their life times. (June 2008) Intervention: New Chance, it has potential This study evaluates this program for young welfare mothers who have dropped out of school. (February 2008) Understanding High School Graduation Rates This illustrates the discrepancies in graduation rates reported by government and independent sources, examines why this is important and explains how certain federal policies have contributed to the confusion. (November 2008) Raising Graduation Rates in an Era of High Standards - Five Commitments for State Action This paper, focusing on high school reform, calls upon state policymakers to commit to five key outcomes and suggests strategies and steps that they can take to focus their high school reform efforts on ensuring that these commitments are met. (March 2008) Hidden Benefits: The Impact High School Graduation Has on Household Wealth This report looks at the additional wealth that could be accumulated by U.S. families if the nation's high school graduation rate was raised by just a few points. Individual state profiles are included. (January 2008)
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