The Silent Epidemic Perspectives of High School Dropouts
The Silent Epidemic Perspectives of High School Dropouts
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高中辍学者无声的流行病视角
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2006
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Burke Morison
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Peter D. Hart;J. Bridgeland;J. Diiulio;Burke Morison
在美国，高中辍学是一种流行病。每年，几乎三分之一的公立高中学生-以及近一半的黑人、西班牙裔和美洲土著人-不能和他们的班级一起从公立高中毕业。这些学生中的许多人在不到两年的时间里就放弃了高中教育。在过去几十年里，教育改革一直是公共议程上的重要事项，但这种悲惨的循环并没有得到实质性的改善。在此期间，由于数据不准确，公众几乎完全没有意识到辍学问题的严重性。后果仍然是悲惨的。退学的决定对学生来说是危险的。辍学者比那些毕业后失业、生活贫困、接受公共援助、入狱、被判死刑、身体不健康、离婚以及子女从高中辍学的单亲父母的可能性要大得多。我们的社区和国家还遭受辍学流行病的影响，这是由于生产工人的损失以及与监禁、保健和社会服务增加有关的更高成本。考虑到他们明显的有害经济和个人成本，为什么这么多年轻人从高中辍学？几乎每一个小学生和中学生都报告了他们的抱负，包括高中毕业和至少上大学。为什么有那么多的梦想破灭了？应该采取什么措施来扭转局势？为了更好地了解高中辍学学生的生活和情况，并帮助根据以前学生自己的故事和反思进行研究，对美国25个不同地点的16至25岁的自认为高中辍学的年轻人进行了一系列焦点小组和调查。这些访谈在辍学率高的大城市、郊区和小城镇进行。本报告的一个主要目的是从学生本身的角度探讨辍学问题，这一点在以往的研究中没有得到太多的考虑。这些努力旨在更深入地了解这些年轻人是谁，他们为什么从高中辍学，以及是什么帮助他们完成了高中教育。我们想给他们的故事和见解的声音，.
T here is a high school dropout epidemic in America. Each year, almost one third of all public high school students – and nearly one half of all blacks, Hispanics and Native Americans – fail to graduate from public high school with their class. Many of these students abandon school with less than two years to complete their high school education. This tragic cycle has not substantially improved during the past few decades when education reform has been high on the public agenda. During this time, the public has been almost entirely unaware of the severity of the dropout problem due to inaccurate data. The consequences remain tragic. The decision to drop out is a dangerous one for the student. Dropouts are much more likely than their peers who graduate to be unemployed, living in poverty, receiving public assistance, in prison, on death row, unhealthy, divorced, and single parents with children who drop out from high school themselves. Our communities and nation also suffer from the dropout epidemic due to the loss of productive workers and the higher costs associated with increased incarceration, health care and social services. Given the clear detrimental economic and personal costs to them, why do young people drop out of high school in such large numbers? Almost every elementary and middle school student reports ambitions that include high school graduation and at least some college. Why are so many dreams cut short? And what steps should be taken to turn the tide? In an effort to better understand the lives and circumstances of students who drop out of high school and to help ground the research in the stories and reflections of the former students themselves, a series of focus groups and a survey were conducted of young people aged 16-25 who identified themselves as high school dropouts in 25 different locations throughout the United States. These interviews took place in large cities, suburbs and small towns with high dropout rates. A primary purpose of this report is to approach the dropout problem from a perspective that has not been much considered in past studies – that of the students themselves. These efforts were designed to paint a more in-depth picture of who these young people are, why they dropped out of high school, and what might have helped them complete their high school education. We wanted to give their stories and insights a voice, …