title: Drop-out crisis impacting America: can we turn it around?
abstract: Increasing numbers of our adolescents are leaving high school before attaining a standard diploma. In today's society, dropping out of high school increases the likelihood of substandard living, lower job potential, and, perhaps, poverty and welfare. As our nation adds more rigorous requirements to graduation, we should develop programs to assist at-risk students to be successful. Without supporting our youth, we will be faced with a nation of undereducated, welfare-level adults, driving down our earning potential, increasing crime, and lowering our community viability. Now is the time for change. This article describes the situation, reviews interventions, and presents a challenge for change.
authors.affiliation: Community Resource Center, 4105 Briarcliff Road, NE, Atlanta, GA 30345, USA. joankteach@bellsouth.net
authors.forename: Joan K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Teach
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D000569:Americas; D003479:Curriculum; D004519:Education, Special; D004522:Educational Status; D006801:Humans; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D012574:Schools / Q000592:standards*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors