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Reducing the Dropout Rate and Helping All Students Graduate College and Career Ready

“It is time for all of us, no matter what our backgrounds, to come together and solve this epidemic. Stemming the tide of dropouts will require turning around our low-performing schools. Just 2,000 high schools in cities like Detroit, Los Angeles, and Philadelphia produce over 50% of America’s dropouts… Let us all make turning around our schools our collective responsibility as Americans.”
- President Barack Obama
The Elizabeth House Family Life Center is actively engaged in the fight to produce a well educated society through our Education Services Programs. We believe that education and academic achievement is a life goal that should be embraced by everyone regardless of age, social economic status or ethnicity. Our mission is to provide education opportunities for older youth and adults through extended-day learning programs and supplemental education services that prepare individuals to succeed in the workplace and life.
We offer the following program opportunities to our clients:

Every school day, about 7,000 students decide to drop out of school — a total of 1.2 million students each year — and only about 70% of entering high school freshman graduate every year. Without a high school diploma, young people are less likely to succeed in the workforce. Each year, our nation loses $319 billion in potential earnings associated with the dropout crisis.

Students at risk of dropping out of school can be identified as early as sixth grade by reviewing records of attendance, behavior, and course failure. Research has demonstrated that by making learning environments safe and relevant, better engaging parents and their communities in schools, and helping students get back on-track academically, the dropout rate can be lowered.

In 2010, 852 students dropped out of high school in New Castle County, Delaware. Approximately 2,000 of America’s high schools produce half of the nation’s school dropouts. President Obama is committed to a strategy for reform in America’s middle and high schools — including bold interventions to drive improvement in America’s lowest performing schools — to help prepare all students to graduate college and career ready.