High School Dropout in the United States
Автор:
Jesse Russell,Ronald Cohn, 103 стр., издатель:
"Книга по Требованию", ISBN:
978-5-5139-6899-3
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! High School Dropout in the United States The United States Department of Education’s measurement of dropout rate is the percentage of 16-24 year olds who are not enrolled in school and have not earned a high school credential. The rate for high school dropout in 2009 was 8.1%. There are many risk factors for high school dropout. These can be categorized into social and academic risk factors. Members of racial and ethnic minority groups drop out at higher rates than White students, as do those from low-income families, from single-parent households, and from families in which one or both parents also did not complete high school. Students at-risk for dropout based on academic risk factors are those who often have a history of absenteeism and grade retention, academic trouble, and more general disengagement from school life. High school dropouts in the U.S. are more likely to be unemployed or have a low-paying job, be incarcerated, have a...
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