Cogniscope II- a Snapshot-Dropouts: “One Dropout is too Many”

High Cost of High School DropoutsThe average annual income for a high school dropout in 2005 was $17,299, compared to $26,933 for a high school graduate, a difference of $9,634 per year. -US Bureau of the Census, 2006

Trigger Questions:

1. What are the factors specific to Clinton County, that contribute to students dropping out of high school?

1. Stakeholders Parents Students Dropouts Alternative Ed Social Agencies School Personnel

Session Outcomes To build a shared understanding of the

current status of student dropouts in Clinton County

To build a shared understanding of the root causes of student dropouts in Clinton County

To build a shared language surrounding the dropout phenomenon

Based on most influential factors, recommend actions that would reduce dropouts

Key Information- Graduation Rates Bath Clinton DeWitt Ovid-Elsie Pewamo-

Westphalia St. Johns

86.75% 85.15% 94.01% 89.02% 100%

87.4%

Some questions to guide the process What do we know about students that

enter ninth grade and what happens to them?

What school indicators help predict who graduates and who doesn’t graduate in four years?

What is known about students who fall off-track?

What do we know about students that do not graduate?

Questions cont.

What schools are successfully graduating students? -Closing the Graduation Gap, 2008

Student Suggestions Better Teachers Offer more Alternatives Tutoring Summer School More Supervision More school to home

communication Better mentoring between students

and teachers

More Successful if: Evening classes More GED

opportunities Allowing students to

return when older

Why students drop out of school.

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Why do students drop out of school?

Disengage dropouts frmofrom school

http://www.civicenterprises.net/pdfs/thesilentepidemic3-06.pdf

http://www.k12.wa.us/research/pubdocs/pdf/dropoutreport2003.pdf

http://www.mea.org/dropouts/Dropout%20Hearing%20Press%20Release.pdf

http://www.publicschoolreview.com/county_public_schools/stateid/MI/county/26037