What are some of the consequences of schools that qualify as dropout factories? What impact does this have on a local economy? Sense of identity? Long-term health?

What are some of the consequences of schools that qualify as dropout factories? What impact does this have on a local economy? Sense of identity? Long-term health?
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What are some of the consequences of schools that qualify as dropout factories? What impact does this have on a local economy? Sense of identity? Long-term health? What else did you notice about the statistics, charts, and graphs related to graduation rates? What challenges does this present for us as educators? What can we do to assure graduation success for a greater population of our school children? It is shocking that only 7 of 10 of students graduate from high school in this country… what should we be doing about this? Think from your perspective as a teacher… but also as a policy maker. What can we do?
How important are interest and affect in learning? Are these impoverished concepts in schools today or are students adequately interested? If so, is that just a factor of the individual person or is interest associated with a situation? What’s the link between self-concept and interest? What’s the link between self-concept, interest, and achievement? What do you think about flow? Is flow something we should be shooting for in schools and classrooms? Can you recall a time you experienced flow in a learning situation? How big of an issue is student motivation for you as a teacher? Are kids intrinsically or extrinsically motivated – for the most part? What does Brophy’s motivation to learn lend to your understanding of motivation issues in the classroom? Is this what you want? If so, how will you get there? What’s the connection between motivation, engagement, affect, flow… all these things… and student learning?
What’s good and what’s bad about ESSA? Think from multiple perspectives – teachers, students, administrators, parents, community members, society as a whole… Is this good legislation? I’m leaving this almost completely wide open as this is a big, big topic – with lots of room for debate. One caution – try to leave your own political perspectives out of this. In other words, don’t argue about people or ideology, argue about the merits of the legislation and how it is affecting what is happening in the schools.
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