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    aside from school to do daily makes them less sufficient learners, and can be a risk in a classroom environment. “We cannot warehouse these kids until they turn 18” once stated by Governor Boshear. In other words, Boshear believes that raising the dropout age of high school is inadequate. Still all in all this argument is invalid because students will learn social skills, and can possibly change their attitude towards learning and staying in school, schools must be willing to engage. High…

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    “The average dropout rate for a traditional public school in America is about 5%. The average dropout rate for a year-round school is only about 2%” (Seth). It shows that about 10% of children from public school in America go to a year-round school. Children in the United States should go to a year-round school. The traditional school year is considered an outdated system. Year-round education will increase the minds of this generation's children. According to the Statistic Brain, the end of…

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    to Canadians, there are countless problems with Canada’s education system and as it relates, many barriers Canadians face in achieving a higher or better standing education. With regards to problems/concerns, some denoted concerns include student dropout rates, inadequate school facilities and supports for students challenged with disabilities, and student violence. As for barriers, such include social class and family background as well as race and ethnicity given its inter-connectedness with…

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    The high school dropout age is ridiculous; no child should be given the authority to simply drop out of high school at 16. During a full school year 1.2 million student’s just dropout, that’s a student every 26 seconds or 7,000 students a day. On top of that approximately 25% of freshmen fail to graduate on time. These real time numbers are at an all-time high and need to be lowered. These students will only be negatively affected when they reach the real world and see how little…

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    The Dropout Rate is Our Problem The focus of high schools, communities and the government is becoming how to keep students from dropping out. First why the students are deciding to drop out needs to be examined and addressed. The student’s home life should be included when investigating why students leave high school before graduation. Economic status and race are very influential factors that can cause a student to leave school because lower economic status or minorities are more likely to…

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    (“U.S. Dropout Crisis in Focus”). It’s hard to believe that over a million students are dropping out. That means there are less opportunities for their work ethic. Students need to stay in school to have a better lifestyle in the future. Although students think school is difficult and challenging, students should remain in school until high school graduation. Students who dropout seem to have more trouble in the world today than those who stay in school. Nationwide, students who dropout seem to…

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    You gone hear it threw all your life. “Education is key”. That’s why as soon you know how to take yourself to the bathroom your parents enroll you in head start school. When you in elementary or middle school you hear so much about college but you really don’t care about college til you get to high school because that’s what comes after college. But most kids can’t handle high school. AS soon you get to high school you start feeling like your childhood is over. You get more homework, the…

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    on the effects of divorce on children. Through these studies, scientists have synthesized and given the consequences that children suffered because of the tragedy of divorce. Increasing dropout can also come into play. Research in 1994 by McLanahan, Harvard University Press showed that “the high school dropout rate of children of divorced parents is roughly two times higher than that of children of which the parents did not divorce”. If a child is lucky not to change school and get to know…

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    help to solve. According to the 2015 Ed.gov article, “U.S. High School Graduation Rate Hits New Record High,” more students are graduating than “ever before” with a graduation rate that hit 81 percent in 2012-13. Despite the fact that the amount of dropouts is increasing, it is still an issue that can be further improved through efforts to spot at-risk students early and help them with any problems at school or at home. Social workers are an important link between home and school and can work to…

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    common job for high school dropouts is McDonalds or any other restaraunt job.They go try to work at a restaraunt job because they know they can 't get a good paying job without a high school diploma.Some people are lucky to even get a job at McDonalds cause some high school dropouts can 't even get a job there now a days without a high school diploma.Teens drop out of school due to pregnancy,gang activity,drugs,bullying, and some say the work get harder.High school dropouts become teen…

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