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Ninth Grade: The Most Important Year in High School - Michele Willens - The Atlantic - 1 views

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  • According to research published in the journal Education, ninth graders have the lowest grade point average, the most missed classes, the majority of failing grades, and more misbehavior referrals than any other high-school grade level. 
  • When kids fall behind and have to repeat a grade, they can wind up in a vicious cycle of peer judgment and low self-esteem.
    • April Adams
      April Adams on 11 Nov 13
       
      Can we look at this through LINK Crew?
  • more students fail ninth grade than any other grade in high school, and a disproportionate number of students who are held back in ninth grade subsequently drop out.”
    • April Adams
      April Adams on 11 Nov 13
       
      This is really a powerful stat.
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  • n Portland, Oregon, Self-Enhancement Inc.–which employs coordinators to oversee 30 high-risk students each, in 12 public schools—takes pride in a 98 percent high-school graduation rate for the students it works with. Goals are set for every student, and the aides are available 24/7 and serve as links between child and school, parent and school, and child and parent.
    • April Adams
      April Adams on 11 Nov 13
       
      Counselors, Look at this program and determine if this is something we can infuse in Advisory and Family Connctions...
  • and have received no more than one F per semester
  • The Everyone Graduates Center at the Johns Hopkins School of Education recommends something called the Freshman Seminar for students in their first year of high school.
  • The biggest risk factor for failing ninth, for example, is the number of absences during the first 30 day
  • “We make sure they have cultural activities that engage them and that they attend a six week-summer program for the academics before even starting.” 
    • April Adams
      April Adams on 11 Nov 13
       
      I like this and it makes me think of the value of the ASEM programming. Can we do this for At Risk incoming Freshmen? 
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