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Haskvitz, Alan – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2011
The teaching profession has long been thought of as recession proof. Indeed, that may have been one of the reasons why teachers took far lower starting salaries right out of college. Perhaps the greatest common feature of teachers, besides their desire to serve society in a humanitarian way, may be the lack of risk-taking the occupation previously…
Descriptors: Teaching (Occupation), Parent School Relationship, Job Layoff, Risk
Menzer, Jeffrey D.; Hampel, Robert L. – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2009
Dropouts pay a steep price for leaving high school without their diplomas. In terms of wages, unemployment rates, and career mobility, the grim statistics have been lamented for decades. Society also suffers--more crime and welfare, fewer tax dollars, and lower voter turnout. Not every dropout faces a bleak future. But on balance, the…
Descriptors: High Schools, Potential Dropouts, Dropouts, Wages
Blank, Marty; Jacobson, Reuben; Pearson, Sarah S. – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2009
Without question, schools must be accountable for students' performance. But schools can not meet students' needs alone. Young people need more connections, more support, more opportunities, and more learning time to be successful. When supports and services are not available, often it is the teachers who step in to fill the void. They do this…
Descriptors: Community Schools, Dropout Rate, Family Programs, Young Adults
Mishel, Lawrence; Roy, Joydeep – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2007
Conventional wisdom claims a newly discovered dropout crisis in high schools. Jay Greene, of the Manhattan Institute, and Christopher Swanson, formerly with the Urban Institute, are primarily responsible for this claim, publishing reports showing these extraordinary high dropout rates nationwide, for the states, and for many specific school…
Descriptors: High School Students, Dropouts, Graduation Rate, Dropout Rate
Brownstein, Rhonda – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2010
Significant numbers of students are being pushed out of school as a result of "zero tolerance" school discipline policies. While nobody questions the need to keep schools safe, teachers, students, and parents are questioning the methods being used in pursuit of that goal. Zero tolerance policies were initially aimed at making schools safe. The…
Descriptors: Suspension, Law Enforcement, Zero Tolerance Policy, Violence
Bridgeland, John M.; Dilulio, John J., Jr.; Balfanz, Robert – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2009
To better understand the views of teachers and administrators on the high school dropout problem, focus groups and nationally representative surveys were conducted of high school teachers and principals. A focus group of superintendents and school board members was also included. To help interpret the results, the authors convened a colloquium…
Descriptors: High Schools, Dropout Rate, Dropouts, Focus Groups
Roblyer, M. D. – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2006
In this article, the author discusses five common strategies for making online high school programs effective in one's school district. These are: (1) Prepare students for success; (2) Prepare teachers for success; (3) Use interactive, flexible course designs; (4) Monitor and support teachers; and (5) Monitor and support students. Despite their…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Online Courses, High Schools, Program Effectiveness