Research – Barriers to Educational Attainment
Research shows that early school leaving is a result of “a complex set of relationships between student, family, school, and community factors”. The context where a young person lives has a significant impact on their ability to succeed academically and to achieve financial stability and professional success in adulthood. Decades of international and Canadian research demonstrate that youth in low-income communities face specific socioeconomic barriers that impact their chances of graduating from high school and pursuing post-secondary opportunities in education, training, and meaningful employment.
Annotated Bibliography: Early School Leaving Prevention
Early school leaving refers to leaving high school before satisfying all graduation requirements, i.e. “dropping out”. This annotated bibliography presents several seminal publications on early school leaving, including studies that focus on prevention and youth...
What Works in Dropout Prevention: Research Evidence, Pathways to Education Program Design, and Practitioner Knowledge.
This report, written 15 years after the Pathways to Education program was developed, is an attempt to update the original “review of best practices” by capturing what we currently know about dropout prevention and effective interventions and approaches. It also offers...
Societal and Individual Costs of Dropping out of High School in Canada
This research summary highlights the societal and individual costs of dropping out of high school in Canada. The findings illustrate that dropping out of high school translates into substantial costs for individual early school leavers and the Canadian government....