No Pass No Drive
In the U.S. there is a twenty five percent high school dropout rate. In over 27 states there is some law that revokes a student's driver's license if they are absent to much or are failing to many classes. In certain counties in Kentucky this law lowered the dropout rate when this law was in place. We should use this law to lower the high school dropout rate in California and help motivate students to get to class and do there best. One reason we should use this law is so that we can motivate kids to try harder and pay more attention in their classes. In Kentucky this law did not only help motivate the kids to try harder, it also made the teachers try to support the kids more. The author of “No Pass/No Drive” said “Other research has found that when ‘no pass/no drive’ rules exist, school staff members pay closer attention to students who may be at risk of dropping out, and try to help them earlier” (6). This could be caused by the students willingness and ambition to learn. If both the student and teacher is trying to succeed and get better it will cause positive change in the student’s grades. …show more content…
In “No Pass/No Drive” it says “Clynt Goins, a senior at McMinn High, said that he got a warning from a school administrator that his driver’s license would be taken away because of his poor attendance and grades. As a result, he started going to school more and took summer school to make up two classes he had failed. Without retaking and passing Algebra and junior English, he said he would not have been ready to graduate this year” (6). This supports my evidence because he would not have tried to retake classes and come to school if he had not had his driver's license on the line. This proves that other students need the motivation to set them on track. If we used this in California we could reduce the dropout rate of high school
In the U.S. there is a twenty five percent high school dropout rate. In over 27 states there is some law that revokes a student's driver's license if they are absent to much or are failing to many classes. In certain counties in Kentucky this law lowered the dropout rate when this law was in place. We should use this law to lower the high school dropout rate in California and help motivate students to get to class and do there best. One reason we should use this law is so that we can motivate kids to try harder and pay more attention in their classes. In Kentucky this law did not only help motivate the kids to try harder, it also made the teachers try to support the kids more. The author of “No Pass/No Drive” said “Other research has found that when ‘no pass/no drive’ rules exist, school staff members pay closer attention to students who may be at risk of dropping out, and try to help them earlier” (6). This could be caused by the students willingness and ambition to learn. If both the student and teacher is trying to succeed and get better it will cause positive change in the student’s grades. …show more content…
In “No Pass/No Drive” it says “Clynt Goins, a senior at McMinn High, said that he got a warning from a school administrator that his driver’s license would be taken away because of his poor attendance and grades. As a result, he started going to school more and took summer school to make up two classes he had failed. Without retaking and passing Algebra and junior English, he said he would not have been ready to graduate this year” (6). This supports my evidence because he would not have tried to retake classes and come to school if he had not had his driver's license on the line. This proves that other students need the motivation to set them on track. If we used this in California we could reduce the dropout rate of high school