Staying on Track for High School Graduation: Promoting Student Engagement
By Karen E. Stout, Ph.D., and Sandra L. Christenson, Ph.D.
The Prevention Researcher,
Volume 16, Number 3, 2009, Pages 17-20, Item# A163-Stout
Abstract:
Students’ engagement at school has emerged as a critical factor across hundreds of dropout prevention and recovery programs in the United States. By supporting and improving academic, behavioral, cognitive, and emotional engagement, we can mitigate the risk of dropping out. This article describes the history of school dropout, predictors of dropout, student engagement as the critical factor, and research about promoting school completion, with Check and Connect as an example of a research-based prevention program.
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Preventing School Dropout: How All Adults Can Support School Completion
The Prevention Researcher,
Volume 16, Number 3, 2009
Preventing school dropout and facilitating successful school completion is the responsibility of all adults who pay a role in youths’ lives. This issue of The Prevention Researcher looks at how adults within the varied environments that youth inhabit (after-school programs, places of worship, neighborhoods, schools) can support youth to successfully complete high school.
This issue also featured these articles:
- • Community-wide Systems That Promote High School Completion, Pages 13-16
- • Preventing School Dropout: The Eco-Interactional Developmental Model of School Success, Pages 3-8
- • Staying on Track for High School Graduation: Promoting Student Engagement, Pages 17-20
- • Supporting School Completion Among Latino Youth: The Role of Adult Relationships, Pages 9-12
- • Why Did They Not Drop Out? Narratives from Resilient Students, Pages 21-24
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