Examining the Impact of Policy and Practice Interventions on High School Dropout and School Completion Rates

2015 ◽  
Vol 85 (2) ◽  
pp. 205-248 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Freeman ◽  
Brandi Simonsen
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Dropout ◽  
School Dropout ◽  
Completion Rates ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
School Completion ◽  
The Impact

Logging In to Press On: An Examination of High School Dropout and Completion Among Students With Disabilities in Online Courses

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 106-119
Author(s):  
Cameron Sublett ◽  
Yi-Chun Chang
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
High School Completion ◽  
High School Dropout ◽  
School Dropout ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
School Completion ◽  
Plausible Mechanism ◽  
Nationally Representative

Students with disabilities (SWDs) continue to experience rates of high school dropout greater than students not receiving special education services. Furthermore, there is a persistent gap in the rates of high school completion among students with and without disabilities. While criticized for lowering standards and learning, online learning represents a plausible mechanism to both decrease dropout and increase high school completion among SWDs. Drawing on theoretical frameworks advanced by Dynarski et al. and Cavanaugh et al., the current study uses a nationally representative data panel to investigate the association between online coursetaking among SWDs and two dependent variables: high school dropout and completion. Results indicated that online coursetaking was associated with increased probabilities of high school completion among SWDs. Implications and policy recommendations are discussed.

scholarly journals The Racially Disparate Effects of Drug Arrest on High School Dropout

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 237802312110270
Author(s):  
Mariam Ashtiani
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Racial Differences ◽  
High School Dropout ◽  
School Dropout ◽  
War On Drugs ◽  
Adult Health ◽  
Drug Arrests ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Criminal Behaviors ◽  
The Impact

Racial biases in law enforcement over the past three decades have been linked to the racialized policies of the war on drugs. The author examines the educational consequences of the war on drugs on the lives of youth by analyzing racial differences in the impact of a juvenile drug arrest on high school dropout. Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent and Adult Health, the author finds that juvenile drug arrests are more consequential for Black and darker phenotype Latinx youth, who are less likely to be involved in delinquent and criminal behaviors than white youth with drug arrests. The author suggests that racial disparities in drug enforcement may be creating a racialized selection bias among drug arrestees, leading to racially disparate consequences for drug arrests, but not for other types of arrest. The results hold important implications for how drug arrests can produce and sustain racial disadvantages in educational attainment.

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