Sentences with phrase «risk of dropping out»

State law, however, requires early graduation plans for students at risk of dropping out of high school or not graduating on time.

Students who attend middle schools at risk of dropping out of high school As compared to students in K - 8 elementary schools, middle school students also score lower on achievement tests.

Because of this mental health burden, student veterans are more likely to show lower academic achievement and are at higher risk of dropping out of college.

Experts say that such high levels of movement create disruptions and distractions at a time when students are at the greatest risk of dropping out of school.

They have an increased risk of dropping out of school, and teen mothers are more likely to be single parents — a condition associated with higher rates of poverty.

The Early Warning System is designed to support students who are at risk of dropping out with both school - wide strategies and targeted interventions.

One reason for caution: At early grades, the system can show almost 50 percent more students at risk of dropping out as those who ultimately do.

While critical for students who are at immediate risk of dropping out, discrete dropout prevention programs can not change the systems that give rise to risk in the first place.

The dropout rates are strikingly lower in Catholic schools than public schools, even in the case of those at special risk of dropping out.

This evaluation confirmed the positive outcomes found in previous studies, especially for students considered at high risk of dropping out when they entered the programs.

But missing as few as nine days of school nearly doubled a student's risk of dropping out later.

A program that allowed students to make up courses through self - paced computer instruction helped many of those at high risk of dropping out get the credits they needed.

Pregnancy, parenting, and homelessness put youth at significant risk of dropping out of high school.

The policy change was motivated by a new curriculum the district is launching and by research showing those retained are at greater risk of dropping out.

In addition, we examine the relationship between externalizing behavior and adolescent behaviors and outcomes often associated with an increased risk of dropping out.

In taking action, we must adopt proven dropout prevention strategies to help children at immediate risk of dropping out.

These include rolling out new pricing and packaging that target market segments most at risk of dropping out of the cable ecosystem — youth, low income and seniors.

Students who perform poorly at age 15 face a high risk of dropping out of school altogether.

Early warning indicators and data systems can identify students at risk of dropping out and in need of support to improve academic performance.

The state sets out as its goal to identify students starting in 3rd grade as at risk of dropping out by using a strategy of the Graduation Tracking System (pg.

Texas considers a student at risk of dropping out for a number of reasons, ranging from failing standardized tests to being on parole.

Traditional high schools in many states are free to use alternative programs to rid themselves of weak students whose test scores, truancy and risk of dropping out threaten their standing, a ProPublica survey of state policies found.»

After a regular season that featured top - five upsets on a weekly basis, no top - seeded squad is safe entering the NCAA tournament, but these six teams are especially at risk of dropping out early.

Just because your kids are headed to college, it doesn't mean they'll graduate Two new reports out this month describing who completes college and the warning signs for students at risk of dropping out paint a picture of a much different future than the one most parents imagine for their kids.

At Liberty, a school for students at risk of dropping out where 87 percent of students are eligible for free or reduced price lunch — a measure of poverty — the faculty has attended multiple district - run trainings on the new standards and overhauled lesson plans.

For California, that would mean some 900,000 students miss enough school to be at severe risk of dropping out or failing to graduate from high school.

The PDE has developed the PA Early Warning System (EWS), which uses attendance, behavior, and course - grade data to help schools identify middle school students at risk of dropping out before graduating high school.

Over the past 25 years, program developers, school districts, universities and independent research firms have conducted program evaluations which indicate that the Lions Quest program improves achievement test scores, changes attitudes and beliefs regarding substance abuse and violence, lowers rates of disciplinary problems, lowers risk of dropping out of school and decreases use of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs.

Teaching Love and Compassion (TLC), an intensive multi-week, after - school program launches for middle school students, matching students at risk of dropping out with shelter dogs who need training.

Not surprisingly, teenagers growing up with only one parent are at greater risk of dropping out of school, of having a child of their own during the teen years, and of being neither in school nor in the work - force during young adulthood.

This relates directly to the common and often highly inappropriate policy of punishing students who are already at risk of dropping out by suspending them from school.

These public schools dump off weak students «whose test scores, truancy and risk of dropping out threaten their standing.»

Vasquez was targeted for attention by one of LAUSD's eighty new special counselors, who seek out both middle school and high school students at risk of dropping out as well as those who have already left school.

And while it is critical that schools tend to students who are at immediate risk of dropping out, discrete dropout prevention programs can not change the systems that give rise to risk in the first place.

The researchers recently released two independent studies: One expands the common characteristics of a dropout, and the other offers an alternate method of measuring dropouts and tracking those at high risk of dropping out by computer throughout their school careers.

They observed that «in many parts of the world» these stereotypes leave girls at greater risk of dropping out of school or suffering physical and sexual violence, child marriage, early pregnancy, HIV and other sexually transmitted infections.

Since its inception in 1984, the program has kept 34,600 students in school, young people who were previously considered at risk of dropping out.

This is a good system, and one that mitigates the risks of dropping out with nothing.

City have only won four of their last ten games, and are even at risk of dropping out of the top four.

On top of that, the west Londoners must also improve their domestic form if they are to avoid the risk of dropping out of the top four this season after a dire recent run that has seen them lose 3 - 0 to Bournemouth and 4 - 1 to Watford in back - to - back games.

City will have to pick themselves up quickly with the risk of dropping out of the top - four a realistic possibility.

Among the proposals Elia presented to the board on Monday were plans to implement a program in which projects could replace state exams such as Regents for students at risk of dropping out of high school.

«Disconnected youth are often at a higher risk of dropping out of school, unemployment, incarceration and gang recruitment.

Previous studies have also shown that children with ADHD struggle academically, with lower test scores and higher risk of dropping out of high school.