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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]
Communities In Schools (CIS) is an American non-profit organization that works within public and charter schools with the aim of helping at-risk students stay in school. CIS works with schools in 25 states and the District of Columbia. [1] With these schools, CIS with basic needs including clothing, food, life skills, family engagement, and ...
The STAR Program was the cornerstone of the California Public Schools Accountability Act of 1999 (PSAA). The primary objective of the PSAA is to help schools improve the academic achievement of all students. From the 1970s, California students took the same statewide test, called the California Assessment Program (CAP).
Rumors that San Luis Obispo County school districts are placing litter boxes in restrooms to accommodate students who identify as “furries” are false, school district administrators say.
A "dropout recovery" initiative is any community, government, non-profit or business program in which students who have previously left school are sought out for the purpose of re-enrollment. In the U.S ., such initiatives are often focused on former high school students who are still young enough to have their educations publicly subsidized ...
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.
The program was designed to motivate students to engage and participate more effectively in school in order to raise the statistically low graduation rates of the Hispanic community. [7] The Hispanic dropout rate in the MAS program was 2.5%, which is lower than the national average of 56%. [6]
An at-risk student is a term used in the United States to describe a student who requires temporary or ongoing intervention in order to succeed academically. [1] At risk students, sometimes referred to as at-risk youth or at-promise youth, [2] are also adolescents who are less likely to transition successfully into adulthood and achieve economic self-sufficiency. [3]