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This particular grant program provides funding to State Education Agency, and/or the local school districts. These funds are used for research-based and coordinated school dropout prevention programs for students in grades 6–12. [2] This research-based approach is a major component of No Child Left Behind. [3]
They state that it is the only dropout prevention program in the nation with scientific evidence to prove that it can increase graduation rates. They also state that their model results in a higher percentage of students reaching proficiency in fourth- and eighth- grade reading and mathematics, when implemented with high fidelity.
In 1984, Dr. Virginia Uribe, founded LAUSD's Project 10 program, a dropout prevention program specifically for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students in the United States. [7] Organized by a group of local theater artists, the first Melrose Trading Post flea market was held in 1996 in the school's parking lot.
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In 2010 the dropout rates of 16- to 24-year-olds who are not enrolled in school and have not earned a high school credential were 5.1% for white students, 8.0% for black students, 15.1% for Hispanic students, and 4.2% for Asian students.
Drop out rates vary throughout different locations in Australia. Students that attend school in remote communities have a higher chance of not completing year 12 (56.6%), whereas students that come from a wealthy background share an average completion rate of 90%. [11] These remote schooling programs serve primarily indigenous students.
Bridgescape, formerly known as EdisonLearning, [1] is an operator of alternative schools, sometimes referred to as dropout recovery schools, in the U.S. According to a ProPublica report, by 2013, Bridgescape operated 17 schools in six states including "options" schools in Chicago, Illinois.
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