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    Resources address the Dropout Rate

    By Tobi Kibel Piatek | Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

    As new students begin the course this month, their first task is to consider the question: Who Drops Out and Why?  These are some additional resources, ideas and information that will add value to the first lessons.

    The rising dropout rate around the country is getting more attention – now considered, at least by the FOX News Channel, one of “the challenges facing the country in the 21st century.”  

    This article, Educators Alarmed by High Dropout Rates Among Teens  is one of a series FOX news is airing on issues facing 

    America’s Future.

    One-Third of a Nation: Rising Dropout Rates and Declining Opportunities is an in depth report by the Policy Information Center, Educational Testing Service in Princeton, N.J., “about high—and rising—high school dropout rates, some ways schools are trying to retain students, the limited—and diminishing—supported opportunities for dropouts to regain a footing in education and training, and the increasingly dire prospects for dropouts in today’s economy.”

    Topics: Drop Out Rate, In The News, RESOURCES | 1 Comment »

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