County Spends $28M For High School Dropout Prevention, Recovery
How well is Montgomery County addressing the needs of its at-risk student population?
A report released last Tuesday by Montgomery County's Office of Legislative Oversight suggests that Montgomery County could be doing more to help its at-risk youth. An average of 1,200 students, or 2.5 percent of enrollment, drop out of Montgomery County schools each year according to the report. But, despite the costs associated with prevention and recovery of dropout students in Montgomery County, there is no method to evaluate the success of the county's alternative education programs, such as how well students do if they return to their high school, whether they graduate, or whether they are prepared for college or work once they leave MCPS. Average dropout rates for high schools ranged from 0.4 percent at Winston Churchill High …
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2:53 am on Friday, March 23, 2012
When looking at the effectiveness of dropout recovery programs, it's important to compare apples to apples. Comparing dropout rates from traditional public schools to dropout rates from alternative recovery programs is like comparing cancer rates among the general population to cancer rates among those who have already had the disease once before. For more information, please see our post on this… more ›