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Los Angeles School District – Making a Move in Fighting Dropout Problems
The program My Future, My Decision was implemented by LAUSD’s Dropout Prevention and Recovery staff and supporters. It integrates a comprehensive approach in reducing dropout rates. It focuses on the problems and needs of potential dropouts to regain schooling. It is committed to assist and counsel students to earn a diploma.
A study shows that one out of three high school students fail to graduate. Many students have low self-esteem that they give up midway in their schooling.
The growing number of dropouts will make them four times more likely to be unemployed. A school dropout is more likely to become a prisoner, living in poverty, unhealthy, and divorced. He does not vote and participate in the community. He ends up in low paying jobs also.
The Los Angeles Unified School District campaigns vigorously to solve this problem. It extends an outreach effort through student-friendly communications like radios, text messaging and peer to peer networking sites. It has developed several programs to encourage students to finish school.
One program is the Appointment of (DPA) Diploma Project Advisers and (PSA) Pupil Service and Attendance Counselors. It provides the placement of 80 DPAs and 300 PSAs in schools having high dropout rates. They help develop and implement individual educational blueprints. DPAs and PSA counselors work with the school staff to develop incentive programs like providing a quarterly parent meeting and intervention services upon enrollment.
The newer campaign is called My Future, My Decision. It taps the students for personal responsibility through multimedia broadcast and communication channels. Alternative communication channels include the specific website, peer to peer social networking and cell phone texting.
There is also higher educational institutions partnership. It aims to expand educational programs for high school students of the Los Angeles Community College District.
In fixed programs for professional development, the staff works directly with at-risk students. They use the Parent-Student Resource Guidebook to support and in explain educational options.
When necessary, they visit door to door to reach out to the students. They counsel and explain how they can complete course credits and other requirements.
The expanded youth employment program promotes learn to earn year-round programs with the help of the mayor’s office and civic organizations. It gives them the opportunity to work while studying.
Network development provides educational options while working such as independent study program, alternative education work centers, 6 education career centers, 56 community day schools and 18 adult schools.
Other elements include a new parental notification system, online credit recovery classes and accurate mapping and tracking systems for dropout rates. Another program option is the collaboration of community based organizations and officials.
In the end, students agree that dropping is a big mistake. A poll released by the National Governors Association in 2005 found out that young people who still want to go to college has a rate of 87 percent. Los Angeles Unified School District is hoping for a big change, hoping to give students a better future.
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Why Isn’t There an Online GED ?
Since 1942, more than 12 million adults have earned GED diplomas. Still, today there are over 39 million adults without a high school diploma, and the demand for a high school education is higher than ever. Because of this, there is a growing demand for the GED. Meanwhile, the Internet has given us many new options… online shopping, online gaming, and online classes. More and more people are asking: Can I take the GED online?
The GED cannot be taken online or at home. A lot of learners ask, why not? It’s just a test, isn’t it? The GED is not really just a test. Passing the GED is a significant accomplishment; GED certificate holders have higher skills than a third of high school graduates. The 95% of colleges and employers that accept and value the GED need to know that a GED credential is a substantial, meaningful achievement. The GED test is designed to be a valuable measure of basic skills in reading, writing, social studies, science and math as well as important skills in critical thinking, evaluation, and problem solving. To ensure the validity of these measurements, the GED is administered in a controlled environment by a proctor, where the identity of all test-takers can be checked. The careful design and administration of the GED test gives it value to employers, colleges, and ultimately test-takers.
Unfortunately, unscrupulous businesses are always ready to take advantage of people who are looking for an easy way to make up for not graduating high school. Online “high school” tests and schools are often worthless “diploma mills,” cheating customers out of $200 to $1,000 for a diploma that will be rejected by savvy employers and colleges.
A real GED can increase adults’ overall income by $350,000 over the course of their lifetimes, and if GED graduates go on to trade school, community college, or a university, their total lifetime income could be almost a million dollars higher. The value of the GED comes not just from a piece of paper but from having the measurable GED skills that are essential in today’s job market.
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How to Fund Your Education
Funding your education can be a simple task or it can become very complicated depending on your eligibility status. You need to know what your requirements are in order to determine what your eligibility status is before applied for any loans or grants. Your eligibility stems on your social economic level, your grade point average, and things like your health may play an active part in your qualifications.
There are many programs out there for those who are in a low income or minority group. The Perkins Loans, Pell Grants, and The Stafford Loans are geared for people who need extra assistance to enable them to attend a Community College or a University to better improve their status in life. Minority groups often have private organizations that help them as well. The Negro college fund helps send any child who is willing to go to college. The American Indian has special funding that helps them as well this is just a few special helps for the minority groups. You can research and find many more helpful organizations that are willing to sponsor you.
Your grade point average is vital sometimes in getting accepted into the higher education Universities around the country. A person with all A’s and making very high score on their SAT is usually welcomed with open arms and all sorts of grants are made available. Yet many students who have an A-B average are still eligible for grants besides the student loans to help them in their pursuit of a better education.
People who have disabilities but show that they have a good aptitude for learning are equally accepted by colleges and Universities. These people are often helped by special programs that join together to help make their studies go a bit easier. It is difficult for them from the stand point of trying to get around if they are in a wheel chair or perhaps they need special aids because of poor mobility with their hands. The blind are afforded equipment that help them to read as well as voice equipment that reads material to them as a brief explanation to the type of adaptive equipment used by the disabled-blind.
Then we have one other category and that is of our athlete’s people who really excel in sports. Many of our Universities look for students who are good in football, basketball, soccer or baseball as a few of the sporting events made popular by our society. These sporting events bring in millions of dollars for the University and so they often have scouts who go out looking at high school seniors for the purpose of drafting them into the school for the team. The University provides the student enough grants etc. to help them get a degree for what they want to pursue in life after college.
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How to Change Our Schools So That All Children Succeed – Part 3 – Early School Readiness
There is no exact profile for what a child should be ready to do or know, prior to entering school. Children should be able to recognize letters, count to 20 or higher, write his/her name, know where he/she lives, and read or pretend to read. Parents can help their child be ready for school by reading to them and helping them to recognize words, teaching them letters, teaching them how to count, teaching them how to write their name and simple words. Parents can also (if available) enroll their child into a good preschool program. But, this does not mean that you allow someone else to take over the responsibility of teaching your child the fundamentals of reading, writing and arithmetic. You are your child’s first teacher.
There are many wonderful preschool programs across the country. Many of them are connected to local schools. Check in your area to see what is available. Spend time at your child’s preschool to be sure that your child is getting the education you are hoping for. Find out how many of the employees have some form of education beyond high school. Ask questions of the director to see if they offer parenting classes, informal gatherings (to meet and greet with other parents), what is the curriculum, are they accredited, and do they do home visits. A good preschool will have some kind of booklet which will address all of your concerns.
Children who find reading difficult in school are often children who have not had exposure to reading prior to school. Take your child on a trip to your local library. Find out if they hold story time and schedule yourself and your child to be there. Allow your child to check out easy books, picture books, books with few words, and even books that just have pretty pictures in them. Let your child read a book to you. It doesn’t matter if they can read the words, what matters is how they view the book. Easy reading material develops fluency and provides practice in using good reading strategies.
I would also suggest that you order children’s magazines for your child. There are many wonderful magazines available for the very young through the teen years. They prompt reading, writing and often peak interest in different areas. When my daughter was young, she had subscriptions to several different magazines. We also made a point of purchasing the Little Golden books at the grocery store each week. Of course, the price of those have gone up (we paid .29 per book), but she loved reading them over and over.
Another great way to educate your child is to allow them to watch certain children’s shows. Sesame Street teaches children letters, numbers and even foreign languages. Between the Lions teaches children letters and reading. Both of these shows also teach social skills and pride in oneself. There are many other shows available for young children that influence them to read. Make sure that the shows your child is watching simulate them in a positive way.
All children can learn to read. It takes time to learn anything. Take the time with your child to teach them. Remember, as the parent, you are your child’s first teacher. It is essential that children have many opportunities to read. Reading opens up an entirely different view of our world. Expose your child to many books, magazines and words.
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