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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797460803321

Autore

Lehr Camilla A.

Titolo

Graduation for all : a practical guide to decreasing school dropout / / Camilla A. Lehr, Ann T. Clapper, Martha L. Thurlow ; acquisitions editor Elizabeth Brenkus ; cover designer Michael Dubowe

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin Press, , 2005

©2005

ISBN

1-4833-6343-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (249 p.)

Disciplina

373.12913

Soggetti

Dropouts - United States - Prevention

School improvement programs - United States

Educational change - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""About the Authors""; ""Chapter 1 - What This Book is about""; ""Topics""; ""Importance of Raising Graduation Rates""; ""Extensiveness of the Issue""; ""Costs to the Individual""; ""Costs to Society""; ""Implications of Current Reform Context""; ""No Child Left behind Defined “Standard� Diploma""; ""State High-Stakes Testing""; ""Critical Need for Knowing and Doing""; ""Overview of This Book""; ""Chapter Format""; ""Other Features of the Book""; ""Summary""; ""Further Reading""; ""Chapter 2 - Getting Started""; ""Topics""

""In This Chapter, You Will . . .""""Considering Beliefs and Practices""; ""Moving Your Mission Statement from Paper to Practice""; ""Organizing for Action""; ""Study Group""; ""Action Team""; ""Community Advisory Committee""; ""Laying a Foundation""; ""Connecting with other Groups""; ""Sharing Information""; ""Providing Professional Development""; ""Readiness for Change""; ""Implementation Scenario: Getting Started (March/April/May)""; ""Summary""; ""Reflection Questions""; ""Further Reading""; ""Taking Action""; ""Guide to Action Tools""; ""Action Tool 2.1: Mission Statement Analysis Form""

""Action Tool 2.2: Action Team Selection Form""""Action Tool 2.3: Committee Mapping Form""; ""Action Tool 2.4: Readiness



Questionnaire""; ""Action Tool 2.5: Communication Plan""; ""Chapter 3 - Putting the Problem of Dropout in Context: Looking at the Numbers""; ""Topics""; ""In This Chapter, You Will . . .""; ""Variability in Statistics on Graduation and Dropout""; ""Dropout Rates for Student Subgroups""; ""Terminology""; ""Graduation""; ""Dropout""; ""Procedures for Calculating Rates""; ""Dropout Formulas""

""Implementation Scenario: Putting the Problem of Dropout in Context: Looking at the Numbers (September/October)""""Summary""; ""Reflection Questions""; ""Further Reading""; ""Taking Action""; ""Guide to Action Tools""; ""Action Tool 3.1: Student Demographic Information Sheet""; ""Action Tool 3.2: District/School Diploma Options form""; ""Action Tool 3.3: Definition Grid""; ""Action Tool 3.4: Student Tracking Tool""; ""Action Tool 3.5: Dropout Calculation Form""; ""Chapter 4 - Understanding Why: Looking at the Reasons, the Process, and the Approach""; ""Topics""

""In This Chapter, You Will . . .""""Why Students Drop Out of School""; ""Pushing and Pulling Students Out of School""; ""Why Students Stay in School""; ""Dropout: A Process of Disengagement""; ""Elementary Years: The Process Begins""; ""Transition between Schools: A Critical Time""; ""Once a Dropout, Not Always a Dropout""; ""A Focus on Completing School""; ""Approaches with Limited Effectiveness""; ""Effective Approaches to Increase School Completion""; ""Implementation Scenario: Understanding Why: Looking at the Reasons, the Process, and the Approach (November)""; ""Summary""

""Reflection Questions""