Reducing Dropout Rates through Expanded Learning Opportunities. Issue Brief

Autor/inn/en	Harris, Laura; Princiotta, Daniel
Institution	National Governors Association, Center for Best Practices
Titel	Reducing Dropout Rates through Expanded Learning Opportunities. Issue Brief
Quelle	(2009), (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Leitfaden; Homework; Graduation Rate; Dropout Rate; Dropout Prevention; Dropouts; Job Training; Educational Opportunities; After School Programs; Summer Programs; School Schedules; Intervention; Poverty; At Risk Students; Tutoring; Daily Living Skills; Enrichment Activities; Access to Education; State Government; Government Role; High School Students; Middle School Students; Academic Standards; Relevance (Education); Student Motivation; Interpersonal Relationship + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hausaufgabe; Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen; Berufsqualifizierender Bildungsgang; Bildungsangebot; Bildungschance; After school education; After-school programs; Program; Programs; Programme; Außerschulische Jugendbildung; Programm; Sommerkurs; Schulzeiteinteilung; Armut; Förderkonzept; Nachhilfeunterricht; Alltagsfertigkeit; Bereicherungsprogramm; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Bund-Länder-Beziehung; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Middle school; Middle schools; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Relevance; Relevanz; Schulische Motivation; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung
Abstract	Expanded learning opportunities (ELOs), which include afterschool, summer learning, and extended day and extended year programs, can help states reduce dropout rates and increase graduation rates. Effective elementary, middle, and high school ELOs support academic rigor, boost student engagement, and provide students with supportive relationships. High-quality ELOs can also help combat the effects of poverty on students' academic achievement by providing programs and services including tutoring, homework help, life skills and job training, and enrichment opportunities in music, sports, and the arts. Expanding access to high-quality ELOs can be a key state strategy to stem the tide of students leaving school before graduation. This issue brief offers strategies that ensure ELOs are an effective part of a state's larger dropout prevention strategy. Governors who pursue these strategies as part of an ambitious dropout prevention agenda can expect to see not only fewer high school dropouts, but also more engaged students who are better prepared for work and life beyond school. (Contains 63 notes.) (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	NGA Center for Best Practices. 444 North Capitol Street Suite 267, Washington, DC 20001. Tel: 202-624-5300; Fax: 202-624-5313; Web site: http://www.nga.org/center
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10