...Out of High School Even though the percentage of students that achieve graduation has increased during the past hundred years, dropping out of school persist as a problem that interferes with the future of our society. Dropping out is defined as leaving school early without achieving a diploma. Many students feel that dropping out is the best option when facing personal or academic difficulties and for them school attendance becomes a burdensome responsibility. The reasons contributing to student’s decision to leave school are varied but, some of the major factors for dropping out in our community include: Academic difficulty and failure, lack of interest in learning, and pregnancy and parenthood at young age. Struggling in school and failing classes are some of the main reasons students leave school before graduating. Students who receive poor grades, who repeat a grade, or who are over-age for their class are more likely to drop out. Students who have difficulty understanding any particular subject, failing tests, who are behind school assignments, and have low attendance, usually are at high risk to give up school before graduation. Another key aspect that is consistently cited as a factor that influences a student choice to give up school and achieve graduation is the lack of motivation and apathy to learn and attend school. These students often state that the subjects are not interesting, that they have bad relationships with teachers and peers, and that the school rules...
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...rigorous curriculum. All of these factors help explain the lagging graduation and college readiness rates among New York City’s students of color. Provide more funding and support for programs already in place to target schools with high concentrations of black and Hispanic males. Young Men's Initiative (YMI)...
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...case, the issue was the impact of following up on the Arizona State mandated Educational Career Action Plans, (ECAP) and how this increased emphasis on career planning will impact surveys of graduates at Holbrook High School. Action Inquiry Course: EDA 555 Statement of the Problem What must be done to raise student and family awareness of the importance of post-secondary planning? Holbrook High School has taken on the challenge of raising student and parental awareness of the reality of today’s economy – a high school diploma is not enough. To raise awareness of the importance of planning for college career readiness post- high school, HHS has attempted to develop a stronger career planning component. Relation of the Problem to the Specialization In examining the legal issues related to post-secondary planning and career readiness, effort must be made to address the State of Arizona’s mandate on College and Career Readiness, the school district’s policies, and the ramifications for federally funded schools that do not meet the State’s required Education and Career Action Plan, (ECAP). The specialization of this particular class is legal issues in education, and the legal issues associated with AZCCRS and ECAP relate directly to the funding consequences of schools that do not address these mandated issues Background and Context for the Problem Educators must now be able to prepare students for careers that may not yet exist. To prepare flexible and motivated graduate, a...
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...Bridging the Gap A study in Graduation Rates between African-Americans and Caucasians May 18, 2010 Cross-Cultural Psychology Education and Racism are two problems facing our youth these days. While there have been enormous strides in both there seems to be a negative correlation between the two. As the education has gotten better in America for all students of all races, there seems to be a growing divide in graduation rates between the two of the primary races; Caucasians and African Americans. Can this be linked to a psychological feeling of inferiority in one race and the superior complex of another? Can it be an imbalance of support or funds toward one group as opposed to another? Or is it just a simple lack of intelligence for a specific group. I tend to believe that it is a combination of the former instead of the latter. Because of this I feel that in order to close the gap in African American/ Caucasian graduation we need to break the stigma of inferiority in the African American community and recognize troubles at and early stage to help prevent deviation from the learning process. I am an African American. male. I’m in my early thirties and currently am enrolled in some online classes trying to work toward my degree in Sociology. This is relevant because I have always been an avid fan of learning. Learning anything, it doesn’t matter. I had a great support system (parents, sister) that cared about my education and my well being. We weren’t rich but...
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...completely reliant on the colleges graduation rate, or “performance”. The system has been up for debate for years. This performance-based system has been attempted before inside the United States with minimal success. There is about a 350 million dollar budget that needs to be dispersed fairly throughout the state, and Governor Kasich strongly believes that funding based on performance provides enough incentives for colleges and students to strive for success. Kasich devised a committee of the higher education leaders of Ohio. The governor appointed E. Gordon Gee, former president of Ohio Sate University, to lead the charge to redesign the college funding system in Ohio. Roderick J. McDavis, the president of Ohio University, completely supports the new system in his article “Higher Education Funding: Getting the Complete Picture”. The title contradicts the article itself because McDavis gives far from “the complete picture”. The performance-based system put in place by Ohio representatives needs some adjusting before there could be any level of success. The performance-based system was designed so it would help acquire funding for all schools and McDavis explains in his article that the new performance-based funding system will benefit every single college and institution. There is a lot of evidence that could be used to argue against that point. First off, the new system will have an immediate negative impact on open access schools. By rewarding funding on student...
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...Running Head: Course Project: School For Thought Course Project: DeVry University – Keller Graduate School of Management Managerial Decision-Making (MGMT530) September 2012 Table of Contents Executive Summary 3 Introduction – Overview of Decision Problem 4 Problem Statement 4 Objectives 4 Summary of Key Objectives: 5 Alternatives 6 Description of Alternatives: 6 Selection 6 Consequence Table with Original Values: Title 7 Weighted Scoring Model: Title 8 Consequences 9 Risk Profile: Title 9 Implementation, Monitoring and Control 10 Timeline: 10 Summary 11 Works Cited 12 Executive Summary I am nearing the end of my graduate studies for a master’s in nursing administration. I was presented with the option to continue for another year at my present academic institution for a master’s in business administration. However, an additional option was presented from another academic institution, to pursue a doctorate degree in nursing practice. The program is two years. Should I pursue another master’s degree but in business administration or move on with my master’s in nursing administration and go right for my doctorate in nursing practice? My true goal is to stay true my nursing core values. I would like to be prepared for a role as a Chief Nursing Officer (CNO). Introduction – Overview of Decision Problem Problem Statement The nature of the decision correlates to pressure as I am quickly approaching...
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...Graduation is the action of receiving or conferring an academic degree or the ceremony that is sometimes associated, where students become graduates. The graduation ceremony is a cultural tradition that is considered a rite of passage. The ceremony marks a transition from one stage in a student's life to another. Before the graduation, candidates are referred to as grandaunts. The date of graduation is often called graduation day. The graduation itself is also called commencement, convocation or invocation. In case of study and education graduation is the meaning of getting a higher degree of three years after 10+2 from a university or college, but that degree must come under the degree of graduation. Quite apart from that though, the graduation ceremony fulfills an essential human function as a ritual of transition, in this case marking the move from student to worker. The whole idea of graduation is believed to have started in the 12th Century, introduced by scholastic monks who wore robes during the entire graduation ceremony. It has kept on evolving ever since. Gill, L. (2012, January 15). Convocation and its importance. Graduation. Retrieved August 7, 2012. Scholars, especially anthropologists, consider graduation to be a rite of passage. A rite of passage is a ritual that marks a change from one stage of life to the next in a person’s life. The pomp and ceremony of the graduation ceremony can lend itself to accusations of irrelevance and elitism. Such criticisms I think...
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...many topics of concern when it comes to education that we do not even know where to begin. The school board meets several times throughout the school year to meet and discuss all these concerns but it seems that the outcome of this meetings never fully resolve the problems. This is way there will be always an ongoing debate topics that circle our education system. One of the many topics that is has caused a debate discussion is whether or not education should be relevant to tomorrows job market. There are two types of groups that have different opinions in this subject matter. The Perennialist’s believe that all students should be thought things of everlasting importance. They believe that students should learn material that will develop them into well rounded adults that will be capable of fitting into the work field. Perennialist’s also believe that students should be thought scientific reasoning since the details of facts are constantly changing and some of this information would be useless. A student can develop skills that will be utilized in the working field. Most students today are not motivated to learn and even less motivated to obtain continued studies after high school graduation. These students will benefit from skills training and linking school and work motivates students. Some students have been pushed along through school because they just didn’t like school and have no plans to further their education. Some would argue that the follow in their families...
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...The Long-Term Labor Market Consequences of Graduating from College in a Bad Economy* Lisa B. Kahn Yale School of Management First Draft: March, 2003 Current Draft: August 13, 2009 Abstract This paper studies the labor market experiences of white male college graduates as a function of economic conditions at time of college graduation. I use the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth whose respondents graduated from college between 1979 and 1989. I estimate the e¤ects of both national and state economic conditions at time of college graduation on labor market outcomes for the …rst two decades of a career. Because timing and location of college graduation could potentially be a¤ected by economic conditions, I also instrument for the college unemployment rate using year of birth (state of residence at an early age for the state analysis). I …nd large, negative wage e¤ects to graduating in a worse economy which persist for the entire period studied. I also …nd that cohorts who graduate in worse national economies are in lower level occupations, have slightly higher tenure and higher educational attainment, I am grateful for helpful comments from George Baker, Dan Benjamin, James Heckman, Caroline Hoxby, Larry Katz, Kevin Lang, Fabian Lange, Steve Levitt, Derek Neal, Chris Nosko, Emily Oster, Yona Rubenstein, Hugo Sonnenschein, Mike Waldman and seminar participants at Harvard University, the University of Chicago, Yale University, and the Midwest Economic Association 2003...
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...something we should really be teaching our kids? Teachers are pressured to pass kids in school so they can continue teaching. The No Child left behind, and laziness of the workforce in education play a huge part in the declining value of a high school education. High school graduates are forced to go to college to get a decent job, and even then it is a huge gamble weather or not they will get work. The graduation rate of high school graduates have raised over the years. When I was growing up, there were no ‘consolation’ trophies because your team was last and teachers did not curve your bad grade because everyone else had a good grade. Earning a trophy – even for third place – was exciting because you or your team was good enough to beat the other kids. You tried harder and did better and got to stand with your trophy and certificate and have your fifteen minutes of fame as your parents took pictures and, subsequently, told their friends about your accomplishment and showed off the pictures and your award. I can remember a time when I was in middle school and I had a good friend that went by the name Robert. Robert was very smart but wouldn’t try in school. He was passed when he did next to no work. We both went into high school and stayed friends, but here he was forced to work a little harder but he didn’t learn anything. Let’s fast forward to today, we have been out of high school for years. I am in collage and joining the airforce, but Robert and his whole family is...
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...Name Instructor Course Date Civics - Final Project Summary An Amendment calling for mandatory military service after high school graduation should be passed to help all students be successful upon graduation. Military services should be allowed to recruit in high schools which would give high risk students an opportunity to be successful. Besides, it offers students who will not attend college a way to gain skills as well as provide an opportunity for low-income students a way to pay for college. If the government does not allow military services to help educate students about their options after graduation, it will be doing an injustice to the future generations leaving a child left behind. Make a difference in the future and someone’s life and allow the military services to recruit in high schools. There are many benefits that people take for granted daily that many would do not worry about in the military. Health care is not a topic many 18-year-olds think about because the majority are still covered by their parents to the age of 21 and sometimes further than that with the right plan (Simon and Lovrich 372). Enrolling in the military service is a feasible option to earn money, gain technical skills and training as well as leadership skill that will assist one for the rest of his or her life. One of the difficulties in getting a job fresh out of college is lack of experience consistent with the working knowledge in their field. After the compulsory military service...
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...women academically, and support both women and men to participate in school athletics (Andersen, 2015). Although many wins have occurred in the women’s movement because of this amendment, many failures have also ensued after the enactment of the law. “Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 is a federal law prohibiting sec discrimination in federally funded education programs and activates” (Andersen, 2015 pg.298). This basically means that the state must fund women and men equally in sports and allow for women to receive the same educational rights as men. The law helped women to not have to sit in segregated classrooms and to have full access to resources like their male cohorts, but in the realm of sports had a completely different story. Although equally funded, women found themselves at a constant disadvantage with backers and support from the community....
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...In a recent poll of high school seniors asking how many credit hours per semester they should take when they go to college; more than 50 percent indicated 12 hours as an ideal college course load. Though 12 hours is a full-time course load, it is impossible for a student to earn a bachelor's degree within four years unless a student takes an additional six hours during the summer. The primary route to earning a bachelor’s degree within four years is to successfully complete 15 credit hours per semester, for a total of 30 credit hours annually. To improve college graduation rates and encourage on-time completion, the state of Georgia has launched 15 to Finish, a proven advisement, retention, progression, and graduation initiative that encourages students to take 15 credits per semester, thereby spending less time and money to earn a degree. The goal of Complete College Georgia and 15 to Finish is to provide better information and educate all students on tuition and fees, graduation rates and job opportunities to ensure successful college completion. The 15 to Finish initiative is important because many students express a desire to graduate within four years. Colleges are referred to as either four-year or two-year institutions, but most students are taking longer to graduate. In fact, if 100 students entered college today in the state of Georgia, only 11 students would graduate on time at a four-year college and only five would graduate on time at a two-year college...
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...1983, Matthew Fraser, a high school senior at Bethel High school, gave a speech nominating classmate Jeff Kuhlman for his schools class vice president. The speech was filled with sexual innuendoes prompting disciplinary action from the administration. All though Matthew Fraser thought he was simply helping a friend out, There was much wrong with his profound speech. Does the 1st amendment prevent a school district from disciplining a high school student for giving a lewd speech at an assembly? According to ABC-CLIO When taken to court, the court upheld the school district by a 7-2 margin that officials acted within constitution. With that, Fraser was suspended for three days and his name was removed from the ballet to be selected as one of three to give a speech at graduation. Even though Fraser and family thought it was unfair, Chief Justice Burger delivered the opinion of the court and proved that he had in fact violated and abused the first amendment. While Fraser was giving his speech, school councilor observed the gestures and reactions the many peers of Fraser’s who attended. Some were hooting and cheering on his obscene speech, while many others were very uncomfortable and in complete shock with what was being said, as found on oyez.org. All though Fraser did have the right to give a speech for his friend, he did not have the write to say the things he said. Which is why the court ruled it constitutional and said the school gave and acted upon the...
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...The rising cost of a college education is hitting one group especially hard: the millions of students who drop out without earning a degree. A bachelor's degree remains by far the clearest path to the American middle class. Even today, amid mounting concerns about the rising cost of higher education and questions about the relevance of many college degrees, recent graduates have lower rates of unemployment, higher earnings and better career prospects than their less educated peers. But as more Americans than ever before attend college, more too are dropping out before they ever don a cap and gown. That means millions of Americans are taking on the debt of college without getting the earnings boost that comes from a degree. Dropouts are more than four times as likely as graduates to default on their student loans. "Graduating with a lot of debt can be daunting," says Lauren Asher, president of the Institute for College Access and Success, an advocacy organization promoting access to higher education. "Having a lot of debt and not graduating is even more daunting." The complexity of the student-loan system -- a web of public, private and subsidized loans that together add up to more than $1 trillion -- makes it difficult to know exactly how much debt is held by dropouts. But the scale is massive. A 2011 study by the Institute for Higher Education Policy, a Washington, D.C.-based research firm, found 58% of the 1.8 million borrowers whose student loans began to be due...
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