DO YOU KNOW THAT ANNUALLY IN AMERICA, ABOUT 1.2 MILLION STUDENTS DROP OUT OF SCHOOL?
THIS EQUATES TO 7.000 STUDENTS DROPPING OUT EACH SCHOOL DAY, OR ONE CHILD EVERY 26 SECONDS.
"When young people dropout of school they, and American society at large face multiple negative consequences". (American Youth Policy Forum).
Every year, close to one-third of eighteen year olds do not finish high school. The dropout rates for minority, students from low-income families, and disabled students are even higher. This is not just a problem affecting certain individuals and schools, it is a community-wide problem that affects everyone. High school dropouts commit about 75 percent of crimes in the United States and are much likely to be on public assistance than those who completed high school. The cost to the public for these crime and welfare benefits is close to $200 billion annually.
General Colin Powell, said in a "Good Morning America" exclusive interview:
"It's not a moral catastrophe, it's an economic problem... it's a security problem. So it is a moral and economic imperative for us to deal with this crisis".
Nationally, about 71 percent of all students graduate from high school on time with a regular diploma, but barely half of African American and Hispanic students earn diplomas with their peers. In many states the difference between white and minority graduation rates is stunning; in several cases there is a gap of as many as 40 or 50 percentage points.
Drop out is not a problem affecting certain individual and school, it is a community-wide problem that affects everyone.
For decades, educators have labored to help these kids but a community wide problem needs a community-wide solution. Moreover, schools want community help.
FACTORS THAT LEAD TO DROPPING OUT
Dropouts surveyed wanted "better" teachers, more tutoring, summer school an extra time with teachers would have improved their chances of graduating.
The relationship between students and teachers are the most important factor in student's school experience, better positive o negative.
Personal problems cause youth to leave school if they do not have a trusted adult from whom they can seek help.
The pace of instruction is an important reason youth give for leaving school - students who need extra attention and don't receive it are likely to dropout (BYTF 2006).
"Today, school problems are emerging as an urgent social issue in America, Japan and the whole world. Teachers should educate their students with parental love. They should teach with love that is eternal. Their ties should last beyond their school days. Teachers should be unable to forget about their students for the rest of their lives. Those who connect all their knowledge with love are true teachers."
Reverend Sun Myung Moon
"It's not a moral catastrophe, it's an economic problem... it's a security problem. So it is a moral and economic imperative for us to deal with this crisis".
Nationally, about 71 percent of all students graduate from high school on time with a regular diploma, but barely half of African American and Hispanic students earn diplomas with their peers. In many states the difference between white and minority graduation rates is stunning; in several cases there is a gap of as many as 40 or 50 percentage points.
Drop out is not a problem affecting certain individual and school, it is a community-wide problem that affects everyone.
For decades, educators have labored to help these kids but a community wide problem needs a community-wide solution. Moreover, schools want community help.
FACTORS THAT LEAD TO DROPPING OUT
Dropouts surveyed wanted "better" teachers, more tutoring, summer school an extra time with teachers would have improved their chances of graduating.
The relationship between students and teachers are the most important factor in student's school experience, better positive o negative.
Personal problems cause youth to leave school if they do not have a trusted adult from whom they can seek help.
The pace of instruction is an important reason youth give for leaving school - students who need extra attention and don't receive it are likely to dropout (BYTF 2006).
"Today, school problems are emerging as an urgent social issue in America, Japan and the whole world. Teachers should educate their students with parental love. They should teach with love that is eternal. Their ties should last beyond their school days. Teachers should be unable to forget about their students for the rest of their lives. Those who connect all their knowledge with love are true teachers."
Reverend Sun Myung Moon
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Them, the dropout crisis is a complex problem that involves many factors. Mainly the kind of relationship between the family, parents and children. The family is the most significant school of love.
This relationship between parents and children, involve spiritual, moral and emotional aspects, and help to develop a good character education.
To have this good character education we need strong and good moral families.
It is a call to live with a high moral and ethic values inside the family and the society at large.
These ethic and moral values, are what Reverend Moon has been promoting for decades.
See also: True filial love
Resources: Solutions for America - Healthy Families & Children
Alliance for Excellent Education - FactSheert
National Save the Family Now, Movement, -Capital Outlook-
Ronald W. Holmes, Ph.D.
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