As you may recall, Joe Hackney invited individuals and groups to offer ideas for decreasing North Carolina’s dropout rate. Well, the ideas are coming in and include:
– Acton Archie, a business analyst for software-maker SAS, called to expand Communities in Schools, which would increase mentoring programs to encourage kids to stay in school.
Grade C-
It would be difficult to expand the program. I mean, finding a sufficient number of mentors would be especially difficult.
– Marco Zarate, president of the N.C. Society of Hispanic Professionals, suggests that schools “start a dialogue with all students in elementary school.”
Grade F
I am not sure what this means.
– Judith Rizzo, executive director of the Hunt Institute for Educational Leadership and Policy, suggests that data collection is the best policy.
Grade A-
It is not a bad idea to actually find out why students drop out before you propose solutions.
– June Atkinson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, wants professional enrichment programs for teachers.
Grade D
Ah, the old standby. Thank grade inflation for your grade.
– Eddie Davis, president of the North Carolina Association of Educators, wants to maintain discipline in classrooms.
Grade C
I am not sure that students drop out because they are “being held back by one or two individuals who are preventing teaching from being done.” Yet, there is something to be said about classroom environment.
