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Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development, US Department of Education, 2018
In 2015-16, the high school graduation rate reached a record high of 84 percent (U.S. Department of Education 2017). Despite the gains, over half a million students still drop out of high school each year (U.S. Department of Education 2015a). High schools have adopted various strategies designed to keep students who are at risk of not graduating…
Descriptors: Required Courses, Repetition, At Risk Students, High School Students
Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development, US Department of Education, 2018
In 2015-16, the high school graduation rate reached a record high of 84 percent (U.S. Department of Education 2017). Despite the gains, over half a million students still drop out of high school each year (U.S. Department of Education 2015). High schools have adopted various strategies designed to keep students who are at risk of not graduating in…
Descriptors: High School Graduates, Graduation Rate, Dropouts, At Risk Students
Mundy, Alma Christienne – ProQuest LLC, 2014
The purpose of this mixed method study is to explain the ecology Black males experience as they transition from elementary school to middle school in terms of behavior. The Black male graduation rate is well below 50% nationally (Orfield, Losen, Wald, & Swanson, 2004; Schott Foundation for Public Education, 2010). Graduating from high school…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, African American Students, Males, Elementary School Students