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    Additional Reasons students may drop out of school

    By Lisa Pfister | March 31, 2008

    Reasons students drop out of school: homelessness, poverty, needing to care for younger siblings while parents work, learning disabilities, or un-diagnosed learning disabilities, family does not have an education over the third grade and can’t help their children with their school work, mental health issues, attention deficit disorders, domestic violence in the home, drug and alcohol abuse by family or student, physical abuse, mental and sexual abuse, lack of medical attention, etc…

    Additional reasons: high rate of absenteeisms, lack of motivation to be in-school, low or failing grades, negativity towards school, lack of parental involvement, lack of parenting, and the neighborhoods the students reside in, including lack of positive peer interactions.

    *Looking for other elementary professionals to list their reasons for possible drop out rates for their school districts. 

    Topics: Dropouts |

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