- Acknowledgments
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The Varying Requirements and Pathways for Completing High School
- The Conflicting Goals of High School
- The Requirements for Completing High School
- Diploma Requirements
- Alternative Credentials
- Alternative Pathways to High School Completion
- Tracking
- Segregation
- Alternative Schools
- Other Options
- 3. The Nature and Extent of the Dropout Crisis
- What Does It Mean to Drop Out of School?
- The Difficulty of Identifying Dropouts
- Student Mobility
- Reenrollment
- The Debate over Dropout and Graduation Rates
- Measuring Dropout and Graduation Rates
- Alternative Definitions
- The Need for Accurate Data
- Competing Measures
- The Promise and Reality of Longitudinal Data
- The Vast Differences in Dropout and Graduation Rates
- Demographic Differences
- Differences among Schools, Districts, and States
- Trends in Dropout and Graduation Rates
- International Comparisons
- What Does It Mean to Drop Out of School?
- 4. The Individual Consequences of Dropping Out
- Labor Market Outcomes
- Crime
- Family Formation
- Health
- Civic Engagement
- Well-Being
- Intergenerational Mobility
- 5. The Social Consequences of Dropping Out
- Consequences for the Economy
- Consequences for the Larger Society
- Crime
- Welfare
- Health
- Civic Engagement
- Total Economic Losses from Dropouts
- 6. Understanding Why Students Drop Out
- The Process of Dropping Out
- Alternative Models of Dropping Out
- The Role of Engagement
- The Role of Context
- A Conceptual Framework of the Dropout Process
- The Reasons Students Report for Dropping Out
- The Process of Dropping Out
- 7. Predictors of Dropping Out
- Individual Predictors of Dropping Out
- Educational Performance
- Behaviors
- Attitudes
- Background
- Combining Factors
- Institutional Predictors of Dropping Out
- Families
- Schools
- Communities
- Explaining Racial and Ethnic Differences in Dropout Rates
- Individual Predictors of Dropping Out
- 8. Learning from Past Efforts to Solve the Dropout Crisis
- Alternative Approaches to Improving Dropout and Graduation Rates
- Targeted Approaches
- Comprehensive Approaches
- Systemic Approaches
- What Works?
- Judging Scientific Evidence
- Identifying Effective Strategies
- Early Interventions
- Systemic Interventions
- Costs and Benefits
- What Have We Learned from Large-Scale Reform Efforts?
- High School Graduation Initiative
- Comprehensive School Reform (CSR) Program
- California’s High Priority Schools Grant Program
- New American Schools
- Gates High School Grants Initiative
- New Futures
- New York City’s Small School Initiative
- Lessons Learned
- Implications
- Alternative Approaches to Improving Dropout and Graduation Rates
- 9. What Should Be Done to Solve the Dropout Crisis
- Current Efforts
- National
- State
- Local
- Are Current Efforts Enough?
- Moving Beyond Current Efforts
- Redefining High School Success
- Changing Accountability Systems to Provide Incentives to Educate All Students
- Building Capacity of the Educational System
- Desegregating Schools
- Strengthening Families and Communities
- Current Efforts
- Notes
- Index
Dropping Out
Why Students Drop Out of High School and What Can Be Done About It
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Publication Date: 11/19/2012
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