Student Dropout Rate

Every year there are over 1.2 million students drops out of high school in the United States, That’s is a student dropping out every every 26 seconds or 7000 students a day. The dropout rate has decreased by 3 percent from 1990 to 2010, and is still decreasing each year. The current dropout rates is 71 percent. The problem in the school system is that the dropout rate isn’t decreasing enough, the school systems in the United States isn’t implementing enough programs to promote students graduating. Students is constantly dropping out in school due to poverty, family problems, and failure in previous grades. There are 44 percent students in the school system that is living in poverty. Students that lives in poverty had the biggest drop out …show more content…
The programs needs to consist of mentoring, counseling, and tutoring the students to promote graduating high school and college. The school system tries its best to provide basic essentials for every student, but doesn’t have enough to provide due to its budget. The mentoring and counseling will help students cope with their financial situations and family problems. Teachers, administrators, and counselors tries to help students with their problems, but it 's so much they can do especially when parents doesn’t cooperate with the school. The program will take reduce these problems by becoming more involved by visiting parents, giving reports, and teach classes about ways to improves the student 's progress. These programs will also provide food for the students and exercises of how to balance school, work, and sleep. The programs should be open for everyone not just the lower income families because everyone lives in different situations and needs counseling to cope with each situation. The program is meant to broaden each students’ mind to achieve more than their situation. To help broaden their situation the program should take kids to educational field trips to different companies and learning facilities to learn about different aspects in life. Studies shows out of school programs has a lot of effect on students. After school programs improves 55 percent of males and 45 …show more content…
By improving the problem the school system must get everyone involved parents, faculty, and community. This will increase the interest in school, provide essentials that kids needs, motivates, and support the students, If every school system create these programs it will reduce dropout rates significantly within five