Pathfinder Dropouts

U/CL Pathfinders

DROPOUTS

DEFINITION: "A student who leaves school, for any reason except death, before graduation or completion of a program of studies and without transferring to another school." Facts on File Dictionary of Education

NARROW THE TOPIC:

Should a school's, college's or university's funding be tied to its completion rate (number of students who do not drop out)?

Have summer school or after school programs lowered the dropout ratio?

Can tutoring programs lower the dropout rate?

How can dropouts be encouraged to return to school?

What can be done to lessen the effect of student employment on the dropout rate?

Do dropouts use more drugs and alcohol than student who complete high school or college?

With school budgets dwindling and summer school programs disappearing, what creative methods are being used to combat the dropout problem?

Discuss effective dropout prevention programs that target specific groups students that are male, female, Hispanic, African-American, Asian-American, gay, Native American, learning-disabled, etc.

How do family and outside factors influence the dropout rate?

Is there a correlation between juvenile delinquency and dropouts?

Should a student be required to give up his driver's license if he leaves school?

Discuss the issues dropouts face when returning to school.

Would tracking help or hinder the dropout problem?

Are mentoring programs successful in preventing college dropouts?

LINCC SUBJECT HEADINGS: Dropouts; College Dropout; High school dropouts; School failure; Juvenile delinquents--Education; Problem youth--Education

SPECIALIZED SOURCES SHELVED IN THE REFERENCE COLLECTION:

Adolescence in America "School Dropouts" REF HQ 796 .A33247 2001

Encyclopedia of American Education REF LB 17 .U54 2001

Encyclopedia of Education REF LB 15 .E47 2003

Encyclopedia of Human Development REF HM 626 .E53 2006 "School Dropouts"

Education and Sociology: an Encyclopedia REF LC 189.95 .E38 2002

AVAILABLE AT THE REFERENCE DESK:

Florida Statutes

Drugs, Alcohol & Addictive Behavior v.1

STATISTICS:

Education: Information Plus (also available in the Opposing Viewpoints Database)

National Center for Educational Statistics http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/

Florida Department of Education http://www.fldoe.org/index_pages/data.asp

Condition of Education (Ref Desk) http://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/

Manhattan Institute Civic Report http://manhattan-institute.org/html/cr_31.htm

ELECTRONIC INDEXES:

Academic Search Complete Expanded Academic ASAP OmniFile Full Text Mega

Education Full Text ERIC

FULL-TEXT NEWSPAPERS: America's Newspapers

INTERNET SITES:

Education Week: Hot Topics: Dropouts (free registration required) http://www.edweek.com/context/topics/issuespage.cfm?id=113

National Dropout Center Prevention Network http://www.dropoutprevention.org/

U.S. Department of Education http://www.ed.gov/index.jhtml

America's Promise Alliance http://www.americaspromise.org/APAPage.aspx?id=9172

Broward County Public School http://www.broward.k12.fl.us/dropoutprevention/

CITING YOUR SOURCES:

University/College Library Citing Electronic Resources

http://ucl.broward.edu/Cite_Your_Sources.htm

NL rev 4/08

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Adolescence in America "School Dropouts"	REF HQ 796 .A33247 2001
Encyclopedia of American Education	REF LB 17 .U54 2001
Encyclopedia of Education	REF LB 15 .E47 2003
Encyclopedia of Human Development	REF HM 626 .E53 2006 "School Dropouts"
Education and Sociology: an Encyclopedia	REF LC 189.95 .E38 2002

Education Week: Hot Topics: Dropouts (free registration required)	http://www.edweek.com/context/topics/issuespage.cfm?id=113
National Dropout Center Prevention Network	http://www.dropoutprevention.org/
U.S. Department of Education	http://www.ed.gov/index.jhtml
America's Promise Alliance	http://www.americaspromise.org/APAPage.aspx?id=9172
Broward County Public School	http://www.broward.k12.fl.us/dropoutprevention/