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By the Numbers: District report recommends peer mentoring |
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About 70% of U.S. high school students graduate, according to "America's Dropout Crisis," by Marc Morial. In America’s 50 largest cities, the average is about 50%. The District of Columbia is no exception. An adult educator in the District recently published an eye-opening report about disconnected youth. The facts speak for themselves. The final recommendation? Employing "current students to tutor one another and mentor younger students… to build confidence and trust” to keep students engaged and enrolled in education. Beyond Talent's Peer Mentoring program does exactly that.
From “High School Dropouts in the Nation’s Capital: Put Out and Banging Around," by Janet Blackwell (September, 2008)- Of those who take the GED and practice tests and fail, their weak points are in math and writing.
The primary age for those who try and accomplish their GED are between 18-24. - Of all of those surveyed, a total of 76% got their GED to go to college or get a better job
- When answering the question, “What do you want to do with your life?” every answer given needed further educational training beyond a high school diploma
- Students who did complete their GED mentioned that one of the supporting factors as to why is because of the ‘individual attention they received.”
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 09 December 2008 )
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