In 2015, 5.9% of people 16 to 24 were classified as “status dropouts” or students who were not enrolled in school and have not earned a high school diploma or equivalency degree (U.S. Department of Education, 2017); the total number of the students who joined this group by dropping out was just under 750,000 students
Review by Kathryn M. Bateman, Ph.D. Candidate in Curriculum and Instruction, Science Education, The Pennsylvania State University Book Details: The Smartest Kids in the World: And How They Got That Way by Amanda Ripley. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2013. 307 pp., $15.99. Many Americans frequently lament the products of our education system, accusing schools
As of 2014, the four-year graduation rates for American high school students had risen to over 82% (NCES, 2015). Although such an improvement should be applauded, the fact is that about 1 in 5 students still fail to graduate high school in four years, the U.S. still lags behind several developed countries in high school
