Can you say "oops?"
News & Record reports the county's dropout rate rose year over year to 3.31 percent, or about 680 students. That's up from 2.99 in 2006-07. The article also says the statewide average figure decreased from 5.24 percent during 2006-07 to 4.97 percent during the 2007-08 school year; an estimated 22,434 students dropped out last year, according to state figures.
Figures from DPI found here.
What's cringing is that this can have a profound effect on Supt. Mo Green's strategic plan. It can provide a resounding stimulus to this initiative, using this data to plug this plan and get it moving as soon as possible.
It can also be a big negative. Remember, ole' Uncle Skip now holds the purse strings in the Peoples Republic of Guilford County. A number of these initiatives in this plan require money, and Skip may look at these dropout numbers and laugh in Mo's face.I hope that doesn't happen. But this is Guilford County.
Stay tuned...
E.C. :)
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In my opinion, virtually everything in life is about "sufficient motivation." In order for people to devote their time and energy to acquiring an education, there must be a perception that at the end of the road, there is some worthwhile benefit for having done so. Those who do not see the "purpose" generally will not be sufficiently motivated. Jobs and the economy are the key.
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