Half of the nation’s yearly high school dropouts (500,000) come from just 12 percent of the nation’s high schools (1,700)
An Innovative School Turnaround Model to Address
America's High School Dropout Crisis
America's High School Dropout Crisis
RESEARCH
A comprehensive study from Johns Hopkins University found that students who are most at risk of dropping out of school can be identified as early as middle school through key indicators – poor attendance, unsatisfactory behavior and course failure in math and English. When one of these off-track indicators is exhibited by a child as early as the 6th grade, students have a 10%-20% likelihood of graduating from high school. Please view research on America’s high school dropout crisis below.
- “Locating the Dropout Crisis: Which High Schools Produce the Nation’s Dropouts? Where Are They Located? Who Attends Them?”
by Robert Balfanz and Nettie Legters, Johns Hopkins University - “What Your Community Can Do to End its Dropout Crisis: Learnings from Research and Practice”
by Robert Balfanz, Johns Hopkins University - “Graduating America: Meeting the Challenge of Low Graduation-Rate High Schools”
by Robert Balfanz, Cheryl Almeida, Adria Steinberg, Janet Santos and Joanna Hornig Fox - “Beyond the Indicators: An Integrated School-Level Approach to Dropout Prevention”
by Martha Abele Mac Iver and Douglas Mac Iver
RESULTS
Diplomas Now was successfully piloted in the Feltonville School of Arts and Sciences in Philadelphia during the 2008-09 school year and during the 2009-10 school year, Diplomas Now is operating in schools in Chicago, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Philadelphia and San Antonio.
Results from Philadelphia Diplomas Now Pilot 2008-09 - Click here to download results
Results from New Orleans Diplomas Now Schools 2009-10 - Click here to download results
