1	High School Dropouts Issues, Causes and Solutions of and for Today’s Troubled Children
2	Presenting Me… Jannetcy Cortes Brittany Isaac David Spears Margie Roman Carlen Rey Stephen Carmichael
3	Dropout Fast Facts Every year, 1.2 million students drop out of high schools in the US alone. Nearly 2000 high schools in the US have 40% of typical freshmen drop out. More than one in four Hispanic youths drop out; nearly half by eighth grade
4	Fast Facts-2 In the last 20 years, earnings for dropouts have nearly doubled, while tripling for college graduates. 50% of heads of households on welfare are drop outs. America is ranked 19^th for graduation rate (40 years ago, US was number one)
5	High School Dropouts What is a dropout? How big is the problem? Who Drops Out? Why Do They Drop Out?
6	What Is A High School Dropout? A person who leaves high school without a high school diploma.
7	Cycle of Drop Outs
8	How big is the problem? 1/3 of public high school students drop out in the U.S. 90% of sustainable jobs in today’s market require post secondary or some college experience.
9	"U.S ranks 19^th in High..." U.S ranks 19^th in High School graduation rates; 14^th in college graduation. Here in New Haven, 16.2% of public high school students dropout annually.
10	Drop Out Rates- 34 Years
11	Why Teens Dropout In a survey conducted on 500 students: 47% -Not interested 43% -Missed too many classes 35% -Failing 25% -Become parents
12	Why Teens Dropout-2 22% - Have younger siblings to care for 32% - Find employment 45%- Not prepared 69%- Not motivated
13	Latino Student Dropouts Why Do They Drop out? What Are The Latino Dropout Rates? What Are The Effects Of Latino Dropouts on The Latino Community?
14	Latino Dropout Rates Studied 530,000 16-19 Latinos; 21.1% Dropped Out 21.8% 1990; > 21.1% 2000 Situation Improving
15	Why Do Latinos Drop Out? Low self-esteem Socioeconomic status Delinquency Substance Abuse NES/SLL (Non-English Speaker/Second Language Learner)
16	Effects On Latino Community Negative impact Social health Economic health Individual consequences
17	Students With Disabilities Why Do Disabled Students Drop Out? What Are The Statistics of Disabled Student Drop Outs?
18	Why Do Disabled Students Drop Out? Don’t “fit in” Bullying Don’t feel safe Difficult learning
19	Disabled Student Statistics 58% of students with learning disabilities 37% of students with mental retardation Drop out of high school (2004)
20	Students With Disabilities How Can We Prevent Students With Disabilities From Dropping Out? How Do We Help Them Understand The Consequences Of Dropping Out?
21	Disability Dropout Prevention Mentor help Support for Special Education programs Guide to prevention programs
22	Teaching The Consequences Guide to the NDPC-SD (National Dropout Prevention Center for Students with Disabilities)
23	The Consequences Of Dropping Out What Are The Consequences of Dropping Out of High School? What Are A Student’s Options After Dropping Out?
24	Consequences $200,000 less in lifetime than HS graduate $800,000 less in lifetime than College graduate
25	Crime Rate Statistics In the United States, 65% of convicts are dropouts. Lack of education is one of the strongest predictors of criminal activity.
26	Consequence On The Community Higher Probability of: Crime Rates Pregnancy Rates Lack of Progression Workforce
27	Student Financial Options How Do Teens Make Money If They Cannot Get A Job?
28	Make Money Without A Job? Good grades Household Jobs Chores for siblings Sell unwanted items Newspaper pet jobs Work for parents Sell candy
29	GED V.S. HS Diploma Where Can Dropouts Obtain a GED? What Is The Difference Between a GED and a High School Diploma?
30	The High School Diploma Must be enrolled in a high school Complete coursework dictated by district curriculum 18 or younger 4 year completion
31	The GED General Educational Development Cannot be enrolled in HS/graduated 16 years old and meet state requirements Pass 5 aubjects Score higher than 60% of graduating seniors 7 Hours, 5 minutes exam
32	Where Can You Get A GED? Adult Education- HS and GED Job Corps- HS and GED Upper Valley Academy- Adult Tutorial Plans Beyond School- HS and GED Vermont Adult Learning- HS and GED
33	DoSomething School Visits: Oral Presentation to 5^th and 6^th graders Made Everyday Connections/Understand Situations Skit: Dropout Prevention/Statistics
34	Prevention-Early Age Parental Involvement: Direct positive effect Encourages child’s achievement Accurate predictor of future success
35	Conclusion Dropout Problem likely to increase substantially by 2020, unless significant improvements are made. Prevention begins at home at an early age; parental involvement and support is key.
36	Conclusion-2 Safe learning environments Literacy development Alternative schooling professional development after school opportunities active learning service learning individualized instruction (All things Common Ground High School Offers) Educational technology
37	Thank You! Resources: http://hubpages.com/hub/GED Information about high school diplomas and GED http://www.dhmc.org/webpage.cfm?site_id=2&org_id=567&morg_id=0&sec_id=0&gsec_id=32668&item_id=32672 Places you can go to obtain your high school diploma or GED http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2002/2002382.pdf National Center education statistics http://www.ncpa.org/pub/ba602 Hispanic dropout Statistics http://www.edvoice.org/Default.aspx?tabid=67 Consequence of not finishing high school
38	Resources-2 http://www.kidsdata.org/rgnresults.jsp?csid=0&c=sum&r=170&s=&t=30&i=1#30_1 New Haven information about drop out http://www.ed.gov/programs/dropout/index.html School prevention programs www.dosomething.org Statistics and information about dropout www.dropoutprevention.org/effstrat/default.htm Effective strategies for dropout prevention http://educationalissues.suite101.com/article.cfm/dropouts_give_reasons Reasons why children dropout