Submitted by L Hoffman (not verified) on August 29, 2007 - 18:06.
There are many reasons students drop out and if possible to prevent a student from dropping out we should seek those solutions. Alternative avenues need to be available for those that do find the need to drop out and Judson ISD has one that we call the Judson Learning Academy. It is located in a shopping mall and is computer based students recieve a high school credit not a GED. The only drawback we have seen is that some students dropout, wait for the six month period, then enroll in the academy. They graduate sooner than they would have if they had stayed in school. They then go to a 2 year college before transfering into a 4 year college after a year. If we had programs that appealed to students the same way in the first place a number of students would have never dropped out.
Alternative routes but there is a drawback
Submitted by L Hoffman (not verified) on August 29, 2007 - 18:06.
There are many reasons students drop out and if possible to prevent a student from dropping out we should seek those solutions. Alternative avenues need to be available for those that do find the need to drop out and Judson ISD has one that we call the Judson Learning Academy. It is located in a shopping mall and is computer based students recieve a high school credit not a GED. The only drawback we have seen is that some students dropout, wait for the six month period, then enroll in the academy. They graduate sooner than they would have if they had stayed in school. They then go to a 2 year college before transfering into a 4 year college after a year. If we had programs that appealed to students the same way in the first place a number of students would have never dropped out.