Types of Dropout
Prevention:
Intervention
Retrieval
Prevention
Recovery
Retention
Faith-based |
There
is currently a justifiable concern about the dropout
rate. Depending on the source, statistics say that half
of all high school students are failing to graduate.
After many years of reporting deceptively low dropout
rates due to accountability systems that yielded skewed
and misleading results, the truth is out: public education
is not living up to its potential for all students.
Authorities agree that we need more programs
that will get young people excited about the careers
to which they may realistically aspire if they will
persevere and not drop out of school. Career and Technology Education (CATE) and other
job-training entities cannot de enough to provide more programs
to prepare students at a younger age for the world
of work in which they must compete.
Dr. Hammons' award-winning
doctoral dissertation in 1989 was a ground-breaking
look at dropout prevention. Most of his efforts
since that time have built upon that seminal work.
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