Helping Students Get to Graduation: A Case Study of One School District's Re-Engagement Centers
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Authors
Becker, Erin L.
Issue Date
2012
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Thesis
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en_US
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Since the passage of the No Child Left Behind Act in 2001, school districts throughout the
United States have faced increasing pressure from state and federal governments to raise
graduation rates. This focus on graduation rates has resulted in innovative efforts by
many school districts to get students who have dropped out back on track to graduate. In
this thesis, the researcher studies six re-engagement centers being used as a dropout
recovery strategy by one mid-sized school district in Nevada. The thesis explores the
questions of how these re-engagement centers operate and whether they include
components that are recognized as important for effective dropout recovery programs by
providing an in-depth description of the centers and comparing their features to
recognized best practices for dropout recovery. This study has the potential to enhance
these re-engagement centers and can provide guidelines for other school districts looking
to design and implement effective re-engagement centers of their own.
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