Economy
How many high school students dropped out in 2012 in the United States?
1.1 million
How many of our 50 states require students to attend high school until they graduate or turn 18?
21
What are the three main types of peer pressure?
Direct, indirect, and individualized peer pressure
What is a family factor that has an immediate effect on academic performance?
Familial death
How many more times are students likely to drop out if they are in the bottom 20% of all family incomes compared to top 20% of all family incomes?
5 times
What is one proven effective strategy to minimize the dropout rate?
Replacing large high schools with smaller learning communities (in order to help poor students get individualized instruction)
What are some behavioral symptoms of bullying?
Depression, loneliness, anxiety, insecurity etc.
What is a family factor that has a more long term effect on academic performance?
Working jobs to help provide or lack of parental support
High mobility and homelessness; hunger and food insecurity; parents who are in jail or absent; domestic violence; drug abuse and other problems are known as…?
Toxic Stressors
How many students drop out every year? (The answer can be in seconds, days or a year.)
A student every 26 seconds, 7,000 students per day, and over 1.2 million students every year.
What are some areas that could influence someone to drop out due to peer pressure?
Number of failing friends, number of dropout friends, and criminal and illegal activity
What percentage of students dropout of high school due to family factors?
46%
Which areas of poverty are most likely to contribute to high school student dropouts?
Family, Community, and School Poverty
What are the two types of stress?
Distress and Eustress
What are some behaviors that are warning signs of bullying and the dropout process?
Academic failure, social and psychological problems, at risk behaviors etc.
What can the loss of a family member lead to?
Immense grief/depression or an increase in family responsibility
Poverty rates for Black and Hispanic families are how many times larger than White families?
3 times
What are the two groups of factors that contribute to sleep deprivation?
Physical environmental elements & social psychological components
What are some ways to help prevent bullying in schools?
Implementing school wide anti-bullying programs that promote socio-emotional learning programs
How do parent's influence their child's education?
They serve as role models and can affect a student's level of motivation