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Community-Based Learning: A Study Of A Model Dropout Prevention Program, Robert D. Shumer
Community-Based Learning: A Study Of A Model Dropout Prevention Program, Robert D. Shumer
School K-12
Dropout prevention is a major concern of school districts throughout the country. In Los Angeles it is estimated that 39% of students fail to graduate from high school. Nationwide, the rate is not too much different, especially in inner city communities where large numbers of Hispanic and African-American youth attend school. While dropout rates have been traditionally high for decades, people continue to ask, why? Many billions of dollars have been spent trying to answer this question and many programs have been developed which attempt to address some of these problems. No one has come up with a comprehensive answer …
Youth Service: From Youth As Problems To Youth As Resources, Bonnie Benard
Youth Service: From Youth As Problems To Youth As Resources, Bonnie Benard
School K-12
New Paradigm "Youth as problems, or youth as resources? Communities with problems or communities with resources?" These opening sentences to Reaching Out. a recent book on establishing community service programs for youth, encapsulate a critical issue I see confronting anyone relating to or working with young people, whether as parents, teachers, community folk, or prevention advocates and other helping professionals: the framework or perspective from which we view youth in our society today. Whether we view youth as problems or as resources determines not only our expectations for our youth and our actions towards them, but also the type of …