{"id":16033,"date":"2011-03-04T16:24:43","date_gmt":"2011-03-04T21:24:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=16033"},"modified":"2011-04-05T09:59:13","modified_gmt":"2011-04-05T13:59:13","slug":"good-asks-how-can-we-lower-high-school-drop-out-rates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2011\/03\/04\/good-asks-how-can-we-lower-high-school-drop-out-rates\/","title":{"rendered":"@GOOD Asks: How can we lower high school drop out rates?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.good.is\/post\/good-asks-how-can-we-lower-highschool-drop-out-rates\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>@GOOD Asks: How can we lower high school drop out rates?<\/strong> <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.good.is\/post\/good-asks-how-can-we-lower-highschool-drop-out-rates\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"asset_308449\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/pre.cloudfront.goodinc.com\/posts\/full_1299113344162940004_8fe24de68b_z.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"#GOODasks\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">We&#8217;ve covered the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.good.is\/post\/the-chalk-board-a-dropout-epidemic\/\">drop out epidemic<\/a> before. In the United States, a kid drops out of high school <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/12677264\">every 26 seconds<\/a>. Over the course of a year, that adds up to 1.2 million students. How can we lower this number?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>From DSC:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>This is unbelievable! Again, I&#8217;m reminded of <a href=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2010\/09\/09\/we-have-to-turn-this-situation-around\/\">the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion<\/a> &#8212; spilling out valuable resources that are going untapped. What a waste of God-given gifts!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Addendum on 3\/8\/11:<\/strong><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smarthorizonsonline.org\/statistics.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smarthorizonsonline.org\/statistics.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Summary of Research Statistics<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>40 million American adults did not complete high school.<\/li>\n<li>The  high school graduate, on average, earns $500,000 more in a  lifetime as  compared to an individual who did not complete high school.<\/li>\n<li>Most high school dropouts (70%) have the intellectual ability to complete the courses needed for high school graduation.<\/li>\n<li>Most high school dropouts do not feel a connection between high school courses and future employment.<\/li>\n<li>75% of high school dropouts stated that if they could relive the experience, they would have stayed in high school.<\/li>\n<li>81% of dropouts expressed a need for schooling that connected academics and employment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Addendum 4\/5\/11:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/certificationmap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cost-of-Dropping-Out.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Great graphic that illustrates the COST to us when students drop out of school<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>@GOOD Asks: How can we lower high school drop out rates? We&#8217;ve covered the drop out epidemic before. In the United States, a kid drops out of high school every 26 seconds. Over the course of a year, that adds up to 1.2 million students. How can we lower this number? . 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