A High School Diploma Is No Longer Enough To Ensure Success

the nation’s on-time high school graduation rate rose above 80 percent.” While this is a huge accomplishment for the organization, and its partners that have been devoted to helping create conditions for educational success for all young people, there is still a remaining 20 percent of students not completing high school. In 2013, nearly 4.1 million students enrolled in 9th grade, following this statistic as a guide, an estimated 820,000 students will not complete high school with their peers. History

the United States, high school students can encounter a variety of issues that hinder their ability to successfully complete course work to earn the required credits towards graduation. High schools across the United States have an obligation to ensure that students are achieving and receiving a diploma. It is also in the school’s best interest to ensure students are gradating both funding wise and for the overall school rating. When a student does not receive a high school diploma the action affects

graduating class decreases by one, creating an average graduation rate of 80%. The effects of this create problems that harm people both economically and socially. Over a lifetime one who does not graduate high school earns $200,000 less than a person would if they did go on to get their diploma, including not having a chance of obtaining the 90% of jobs that are now made unavailable for the dropout. Socially, nearly 75% of dropouts are connected to crimes in the United States while 30% of girls blame

Also want to congratulate you for the many times you been re-elected to serve as the politician of the united states and that my family and I are supportive of the many decisions you made throughout your political career. A high school diploma is no longer enough to ensure that Americans have the skills they need to move into the good-paying careers they

“High school is like a spork: it’s a crappy spoon and a crappy fork, so in the end it’s just plain useless.” -John Mayer Many people when asked will tell you that high school is pointless except for being essential to gain higher education. No student will tell you that adding two years to their already exhausting four years of high school is a good idea especially if the extra years are going to be exactly like the rest of their high school experience. However if the extra two years are constructed

education, the job search becomes more vigorous and will thus prohibit many from getting a job. The amount of students that will not be able to use their college degree in the real world, provided if college is free, is unfathomable. “Those lucky enough to graduate face another hurdle: 44 percent of recent college graduates occupy jobs which do not require a college degree. Taken together, these numbers suggest that only one-third of college enrollees emerge from the system with both a degree and

into a college or a university. The last thing that colleges want is for students to qualify for admission and drop out, this affects drop out rate and graduation rate. According Robin Chait and Andrea Venezia (2009), to about 83 percent of high school graduates enroll in some form of postsecondary education, but only about 52 percent of students complete their degrees. Further, a very small proportion of students complete a degree in four years—“among students starting at ‘four-year’ institutions

years of complaints from both employers and academic institutions of higher learning that many high school graduates lacked basic educational skills in reading, writing, and math, both legislators and educators agreed to work toward raising educational standards nationwide” (“Competency Testing” 1). In recent years, several states have pushed for statewide tests that are required prerequisites of high school students in order to graduate. These tests, better known as exit exams, have been under great

a college degree is quite important for personal development and everyone should strive to get the higher education. Many high school graduates, however, decide not to go to college because of the four or more years required for studying needs a lot of commitment in terms of time, effort, and money. In Cohen’s article, she interviewed Mr.Lennon, and he said: “For high school students, a four-year college education is frequently held out as the only viable option, precisely because job opportunities

speed to complete school. Oakland High School generally graduated between 15-20 students a year. Several smaller programs existed within the school, such as Region 5, or ALC (Alternative Learning Center) program or Lincoln Tree Farm. Region 5 were for student who were in transition from just being released from either Echo Glenn or Green hill youth jail facilities. They worked with a JRA representatives and would complete school work and prepare to reenter the comprehensive high school setting. They