Dropout Prevention

Dropout

As you should know, in North Carolina high schools, you may drop out at the age of 16 and older. Most of the times students drop out simply because they just don’t want to do the work. Some drop out because of maybe a pregnancy or maybe they feel that the job they have now will set them up for life. So there’s no need to be in school so you can make even more money. Most of the time that’s not even true because something may happen where you loose that job. Then you will need to find another that pays the same amount but most jobs willing to pay you enough to keep you steady in the world. In your bad fortune, you need at least a high school diploma, and you can’t receive that is you don’t even finish high school.

The status dropout rate represents the percentage of 16- through 24-year-olds who are not enrolled in school and have not earned a high school credential. Status dropouts are no longer attending school which includes public or private, where you do not have a high school level of educational attainment. The dropout rate decreased from 12 percent in 1990 to 7 percent in 2012, with most of the decline occurring after 2000 (when it was 11 percent); however, there was no measurable difference in the rate between 2011 and 2012.

Some drop outs are happening the most in schools like Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts, and the Alternative Schools Network in Chicago, Illinois, where the total represents 16 percent of all people in the United States in that age range in 2007. Most of the dropouts were Latino or black. There has also been a fast excelling large rate of the numbers of young people who have already dropped out, a national re-enrollment strategy should be a fundamental part of America's national education agenda," the report says.

 Even going through the fund cutbacks, there have been re-enrollment successes nationally and in a number of cities including Chicago; Los Angeles, California; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and Portland, Oregon. Unfortunately, few strategies have improved the schooling outcomes of disadvantaged children. This has led many people to come the conclusion that there have been harmful effects of poverty and excessing that the improving academic learning for low-income teens is not feasible. Many experts have called for focusing instead on vocational education for these youth or just doubling down on early childhood.

I walked around the school and asked three questions one of the questions was, “Have you ever thought about dropping out of school before? If so why or why now?” The best answers I received were from senior Alecia Gill and math teacher/football & track Coach Branch. Alecia statement was “No, I have not thought about dropping out of school before because I’ve been in school too long to drop out now and be nothing” and Coach Branch stated “I have not ever thought about dropping out of school. I have enjoyed school sports and classes were easy.

Another question I asked was “Do you know anyone that has dropped out of high school? If so how are their lives now?” The best answer I received was from junior Tristen Zobro and again Coach Branch. “Yes, they are working in a low paying job and they are not happy, they regret dropping out. “Stated Tristen.

 Coach Branch stated “Yes, they went to get GED and now has a full time job and family.” The last question I asked was “How do you think your life would be if you dropped out of high school?” Sophomore football star Kyin Howard stated “I think my life will be terrible, because I will struggle without a high school education.” Another Sophomore Lindsay Brooks also stated “If I dropped out of high school my life wouldn’t be as successful.”