Dropout Annotated Bibliography

Kiener, R. (2014, June 13). Dropout rate. CQ Researcher, 24, 505-528. Retrieved from http://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/cqresrre2014061300

Robert Kiener, who worked for more than two decades as an editor and correspondent in Huam, Hong Kong, Canada and England, is a freelance writer whose writings have appeared in famous magazines and newspapers. In this article, Kiener talks about the dropout rates in the present United States, and whether new policies are required to keep more number of students in schools studying. According to this article, the dropout rate is a big time crisis which causes economic and societal burden because the dropouts are ill-prepared and not ready to participate in growing economy. They struggle to compete against the sophisticated and well-trained work force. Kiener suggests that students’ dropout not only because of the schools but various reasons such as family background, poverty, culture and society’s effect on one. These factors create stress on students and forces them to dropout of high schools leaving no other options. This article gives tonnes of facts and causes of dropouts and is very knowledgeable but doesn’t give any clear and complete solution for the issue.

Lynch, M. (2014, September 12). Is the U.S. Dropout

He has immense experience in the field of educational reforms. In this article, he talks about if the United States’ dropout rate is really in a crisis or not, he substantiates his article by using statistics and facts of high school dropout rates of US during the recent times. He talks more deeply about the current situation of the dropout rate in the US and about the driving forces behind the current situation and position, he talks about who and which group of people is at the highest risk of dropping out and the reason behind it and lastly, the solutions for this