Summary: The Dropout Crisis

Another way to decrease the number of students not making it to graduation is to decreasing the size of the schools to make them more personalized. The Dropout Crisis article states, “ recent studies indicate that intentionally small high schools generally have higher achievement levels, higher graduation rates, and lower drop out rates than larger high schools” (4). This is because with a smaller school it its easier to have one on one interaction between the students and the teachers. This allows the students to get the help they need especially if the student if falling behind or is having trouble in a certain area. Where as in a larger high school the teachers would have larger class sizes making it more difficult to be able to help the