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High School graduation rate below 50% in many US cities: Corrective action ideas?

Started by MDAdams 8 months ago 4 Comments

In Detroit, 3 out of 4 do not graduate! The problem is significantly worse in the inner city, as opposed to the suburbs:
"...81.5 percent of the public school students in Baltimore's suburbs graduate, compared with 34.6 percent in the city schools."
"When more than 1 million students a year drop out of high school, it's more than a problem, it's a catastrophe," said former Secretary of State Colin Powell, founding chair of the alliance."
http://ap.google.com...BXOgD8VP5TH83

What are your ideas to solve this serious problem?

Tags: business, education

1.	Reduce inner city poverty Easier said than done, right? But the correlation between poverty and graduation decline is extremely direct -- even adjusted for... [show more] Easier said than done, right? But the correlation between poverty and graduation decline is extremely direct -- even adjusted for other contributing factors (such as school funding). See section 4.2 in the following study: http://www.urban.org...Graduates.pdf However, urban poverty has been very resistant to remedy. Analyzing 8 hypotheses for urban poverty, the following paper identifies the loss of industry in the cities, and deficiencies in human capital therein as the two most significant factors: http://www.huduser.o.../article3.pdf -- The Causes of Inner-City Poverty: Eight Hypotheses in Search of Reality. "Nonetheless, it looks as though conventional wisdom, in this instance, may be correct. We would assign the greatest weight to the first two hypotheses: industrial transformation and human capital. Without employment opportunities and adequate human capital, there is little prospect that the situation of the inner-city poor will improve." My opinion is that the human capital problem can be more directly advanced if the job opportunities exist. So I would tend to put that at the top in terms of a policy approach. [show less] 3 Comments	Vote! 7 votes 139 pts
2.	Greater federal and state funding of schools Throw money at it! Seriously though, instilling a life long love of learning starts with better teachers and resources. Ending ... [show more] Throw money at it! Seriously though, instilling a life long love of learning starts with better teachers and resources. Ending the "No child left behind' bullshit is critical as well. [show less] 6 Comments	Vote! 5 votes 96 pts
3.	Require proof of enrollment in school for drivers below 18 I think this is what N.C. did to raise the graduation rate. Add a comment	Vote! 5 votes 96 pts
4.	Raise the age at which they can drop out I believe Canada just changed it from 16 to 18. 7 Comments	Vote! 3 votes 59 pts
5.	Raise minimum wage for high school grads Unless this is already a policy? Add a comment	Vote! 3 votes 58 pts
6.	Year Round School Accelerate the learning, so they graduate at age 16. Add a comment	Vote! 2 votes 40 pts
7.	Near term- Remove all vestiges of "No child left behind" http://www.schoollib...A6533974.html http://www.scienceda...214080530.htm http://... [show more] http://www.schoollib...A6533974.html http://www.scienceda...214080530.htm http://epaa.asu.edu/epaa/v16n3/ http://www.dissentma.../?article=702 [show less] Add a comment	Vote! 2 votes 38 pts
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chromigula 8 months ago

Something tells me these statistics do not take into account students who do not graduate, but go on to obtain a G.E.D. Reading the article provides no clues either way.

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Gaz_Watson 8 months ago

Whats a G.E.D? Is it some form of vocational qualification.

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holotone 8 months ago

"General Education Development", I think; In the US, it's a high school diploma equivalent for those who've dropped out or are "non-traditional" in some other way.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GED

MDAdams 8 months ago

@chromigula -- I think you're right. This looks directly at high school graduation -- not delayed graduations, GED's, etc. However, (I don't have a study on this) I would bet that the outcomes for a significant percentage of non-graduating students are fairly negative.

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This topic was started by MDAdams on April 1st, 2008. 17 grupies have voted on one or more of the 7 answers.

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Reduce inner city poverty

Greater federal and state funding of schools

Require proof of enrollment in school for drivers below 18

Raise the age at which they can drop out

Raise minimum wage for high school grads

Year Round School

Near term- Remove all vestiges of "No child left behind"

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