The latest research on high school dropouts
shows that students leave school
because
they are not challenged by their classes.
They're bored.
The latest research on high school dropouts
shows that students leave school
because
they are not challenged by their classes.
They're bored.
The Silent Epidemic: Perspectives of High School Dropouts, March, 2006.
It's time for a change...
Let's work on solving a problem. The
problem? High school is, to borrow a phrase, "a long, drawn-out lull." Before
high school, Americans are among the highest achieving students in the world.
But starting in junior high, American students enter a muddle of lowered
standards, confused expectations and easy excuses. In the meantime their
counterparts in other countries are catching up to their elementary gains
and then zipping right on by them. More...
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earlycollege@alaska.net
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