Student Dropout Annotated Bibliography

Obtaining an education is essential in today’s society. Most students who attend school on a regular basis usually succeed in life. On the other hand, many students fail to attend school every day which can lead to problems in schools. However, some students have acceptable reasons for dropping out. As a result, a student’s punctuality can ultimately alter his or her education. On that note, dropping out of high school can affect an individual in many ways throughout the years. Schools are facing challenges dealing with high dropout rates, high rates of truancy, and low graduation rates because students are failing to attend school.

“Dropping out of school does not seem to happen overnight; it comes after a long term process of frustration and failure” (Balfanz par 2). According to the National Center for Education Statistics, The population studied students attending Baltimore schools and gathered research that indicates how low test scores and report card grades as early as the 1st grade are reliable sources of whether students would later drop out(Alexander, Entwisle and Kabbani par.6). Also having to go through grade retention as early as kindergarten is also connected to why the dropout rate has reached a dynamic level (Kaufman and Bradby par.6). Whoever decides to drops out has no type of support, encouragement, or ambition starting at such a young age.

There are other factors associated with early school leaving. Researchers have focused on three different topics. First topic, student and family factors identified as contributing to dropouts is gender, racial, and ethnic minority status, low socioeconomic status, poor school performance, low self-esteem, delinquency, substance abuse, and pregnancy. In addition to this research has also gathered the impact of certain family characteristics, such as single-families,

There are many reasons why over the years the United States has experienced a high college dropout rate among college students. The dropout rate results in unqualified and poorly skilled workers who eventually apply for low paying jobs and then realize the importance of a college degree. College dropout rates throughout the U.S. are caused by several reasons, including, lack of finance, lack of academic readiness, and stress.

High school dropout rate is a significant indicator of future success in life. For high school dropouts, it is harder to find jobs and earn as much money as their graduated peers. On the outside looking in, not being able to graduate is usually associated with school performance, socioeconomic status, parents’ education level and/or lack of motivation. Moreover, there are also underlying factors of race and gender and they both affect performance in high school immensely. In order to study dropout rates, focus should be put on the group of students at risk of dropping out.

Why Are Students Dropping Out of School? Everyone will think in their lives who they will be in the future. Some people are successful because they have the ambition and then gave from their parents’ resources to support them. Others not lucky, because they are lack of these attributes and opportunities. The students dropping out of college are hardly a personal one. There is no single reason why the dropout rate is so high, and here are some factors. At the two articles “Why College Students Drop Out and What We Do About It” and “Dropping Out, Again: Why So Many College Student Never Graduate” these researches is illustrating about the college student dropout determinants. The purposes of these articles are to improve the common understanding

Chennakrishnan.p. A Study on School Drop-Out in rural settings in Tamilnadu with special reference to Vellore District Ph.D(Economics) Thiruvalluvar University Vellore-632115 Tamil Nadu.

In life there are many struggles that interfere with a students education. In the 1970s, the United States had the world’s highest high school graduation rate. Today, we are ranked number twenty-one which shows a decrease in students that graduate. Lowering the dropout rate can solve several economic and social problems. Dropping out of high school has become a controversial topic that will continue for ages to come. Students should be required to stay in school until the age of eighteen because those without a high school diploma have higher unemployment and lower job satisfaction, have lower earnings, and have a higher likelihood of ending up in jail or on public assistance

While there are many determinants for why students dropout, a leading predictor is student attendance; or more precisely, the extent to which students are present or absent during instructional time and other school activity. According to a study, chronically absent students are seven times more likely to dropout than their peers. In addition, the same study noted that students who missed just 10 percent or more of instructional time—whether absent were excused—were more likely to have “lower levels of numeracy and literacy by

Regardless of the ascending trend in students completing school in America, about 5 percent of the enrolled high school students quit from various learning institutions yearly, (Kaufman, Kwon, Klein, and Chapman, 1999). For instance, in 1998 out of America’s total population there were about 37 million high school dropouts, (US Bureau of census, 1999). Dropout proportions in the America show a wide discrepancy among major indigenous groups. In the year 1998, according to, (U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2000), the dropout rates among 16 to 24 years old learners were 7.7 percent for Whites, non-Hispanics, 13.8 for Black, non-Hispanics and 29.5 for Hispanics respectively (as shown in table 1). However,

Students are at risk of dropping out of school when parents and students do not perceive that additional schooling is worth the investment of time and money, that is, when the costs of schooling exceed the expected benefits. A high rate of dropout could indicate that students are not learning enough, that the quality of schooling is too low to justify student’s time and the direct cost in terms of parental contributions. Other factors can also put children at risk of dropping out of schools. When schools do not offer all the grades of the basic cycle and children therefore have to change schools to attend the higher grades and increase their travel time to get to school. Many schools have either been closed by the government or occupied and damaged by internally displaced people or armed

In conclusion, there are extensive number factors for the auxiliary school dropout, in any case, the most sensible purposes behind the dropout are an absence of a steady grown-up, consistent disappointment, and job-related reasons. Moreover, there is still a plenty of progress that must be made. Parent and the government need to take a serious action, in order, to make the dropout rate decline. It same way as the parent, they should be aware of their relationship with their daughter/ son and engage with them as well as work with them, shown them in the right path. In additional, education it’s the key upward mobility and brings student to have a success in the future.

When I was small I was told that the worst thing I could do at school or college is dropout. As a kid all my brain thought was if I dropped out I would never be successful in my life. Then came middle school where I realized that it dropout = life failure was a lie. The main person that taught me this was Michael Dell(mainly) with some other amazing and successful dropouts like Henry Ford, Bill Gates, Larry Ellison, Larry Page, Paul Allen and more were all drop outs because they had a huge interest on something they loved doing. Doesn’t mean go dropout for no reason hoping to be successful, it means if you have a passion and you want to embrace it on your own way do it. Michael Dell taught me this and this is why he is my business men

Thesis Statement: More and more students drop out each year. Those who dropped out have various reasons. The alarming rates of drop outs have led them to a bleak future wherein such incident requires the attention and immediate action of various school authorities.

Everyone looks forward to being in high school. Fours years you can be wild, careless, and adventuring into adult hood. The years you have class with the same people, know everyones name within the school, and not sure what your future is going to hold. Over the years there have been a decreasing amount of high school students. But there has been a increase in High school dropouts. Comparing the freshman class to the senior class at any school you will notice a dramatic decrease in students. Due to over the years student make the decision to drop out of high school. School administrators and parents need to come to realization about the increase in high school dropout. There needs to be a better communication between parents, students and teacher. We need to create a better communication within families, making a better communication will help solve the problem. In this paper I will argue that by creating a better communication within parents, students and teachers will create lower dropout rates by offering support groups for struggling students, making individual graduations plans for the students, creating a closer relationship between students an there parents, and enhancing the connections between school and the community.