Daily Rant | Jobs and Schools
Before you get too riled up about how badly our local schools are doing graduating our kids on time, keep it mind the role the economy plays in education. AFP editor Chris Graham explores the link between a stable economic base, the family unit and learning in today’s Daily Rant. AFP Video. Length: 1:27.
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Is the goal to graduate them “on time” (whatever that means) or to graduate them at high standards of achievement? People can’t complain about BOTH social promotion AND low on-time graduation rates.
Don’t assume that the graduating on-time and graduating at high standards of achievement are mutually exclusive concepts. From talking with school administrators over the years, the top reason students drop out is that they have fallen behind in terms of their pace toward graduation, and they simply give up.
To the point of this video essay – economics are a key factor here. In Waynesboro, close to half of the elementary-school students in the public schools are on free and reduced lunches. The economic uncertainty in their lives is a negative factor in terms of their ability to keep up and eventually achieve.