At Risk Group: Dropouts

Students at risk of dropping out because they are overage and under credited.

Paper Structure:

First of all I have found five great websites for your paper. Use sites 3 and 4 to describe the at-risk group: dropouts. Make sure to use the statistics from 3 and the reasons for dropouts found in 4. Then you will discuss the two exemplary programs that are run in Texas: the state wide Texas School Dropout and Reentry Program and the CIS-San Antonio. Sites 1,2,4, and 5 all give good information on these two programs. End your paper with a discussion of the need for state wide and community indicatives to decrease the number of student dropouts.

  1. This website gives amazing information about the programs that are funded under the Texas School Dropout and Reentry Program.

2.

Texas Education Agency
Austin, Texas

To address the needs of students who are at risk of not completing high school and students who dropped out and are re-entering high school, the Texas Education Agency will collaborate with Communities In Schools, a stay-in-school program which offers comprehensive student evaluation and case management models; Texas' regional education service centers, institutions designed to aid state, district, and campus administrators in their efforts to increase student achievement; and Big Brothers Big Sisters, a nationwide organization which strives to build caring and productive relationships between students and adults.

The Texas School Dropout Prevention and Reentry Program has four major objectives: 1) to expand current personal graduation plans by replicating comprehensive models; 2) to increase partnerships between high schools and other organizations to leverage dropout prevention and reentry resources; 3) to develop statewide capacity for implementing specific intervention strategies; and 4) to evaluate the effectiveness of the state's school dropout prevention program and inform state dropout prevention policy. Offering a comprehensive set of support services through partnerships with government and community-based organizations will allow schools to more effectively address both the academic and social pressures shown to influence dropping out.

3.

This website gives really good background on the program including statistical data about the number of students at risk for dropping out of school. It also depicts another exemplary program besides the state DOE funded program listed above: Communities in Schools of San Antonio (CIS-San Antonio).

4.

This paper, second and third pages describe the reasons for student dropouts that should be used in the first descriptive part of your at-risk group.

5.

This is the website for the CIS-San Antonio, which is a major dropout prevention program.