Check out these resources for information on the high school completion rate:
- Estimates of Costs of Dropping Out of High School. (Canadian Council on Learning research report)
- This High School Completion portal page includes the report on an Alberta government symposium held in Fall 2006 about how to improve high school completion rates and resources for holding a community discussion on this topic in your neighbourhoods (May 2007). Removing Barriers to High School Completion is also interesting (Alberta Learning, September 2001).
- High School Teaching for the Twenty-First Century: Preparing Students for CollegeThis report is from a American group called the Alliance for Excellent Education. The FAQon this group is interesting, and finally, if you have a child in high school, you may want to think about that school in relationship to what this group considers the 10 Elements of a Successful High School.
- New Hampshire’s Vision for Redesign: Moving from High Schools to Learning Communities.
- Encouraging all kids to finish high school starts way before they enter high school. Find out how your school measures up in engaging and supporting “the whole child” by taking this quiz developed by the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.
