Gomboragchaa 1 Tserenjargal Gomboragchaa Professor Brian R Adler English 1A #9120 19 Februar 201!

Resol"ing #alifornia $ro%ou& Ra&es The Distance Between Us is a s&or of au&hor Re na Grande o"ercoming &he difficul& life circums&ances and s&ruggles &hroughou& her childhood &o oung adolescence' Grande(s boo) im%lies &he im%or&ance of educa&ion and ho* one can achie"e be&&er life &hrough educa&ion' Bo&h of her siblings could no& %ursue &heir educa&ion as Re na did' +& is no& a secre& &ha& &housands of high school s&uden&s dro%ou& e"er ear' According &o

statisticbrain.com, a%%ro-ima&el ./00 s&uden&s dro% ou& of high school e"er da &hroughou& 0'1' 23igh 1chool $ro%ou& 1&a&is&ics4' #alifornia is s&ruggling *i&h lo* high school gradua&ion ra&es' According &o Los Angeles Times, in 201052011, 6#alifornia ran)ed /2nd in o"erall gradua&ion ra&e of 789': E"er since &he General Educa&ion $e"elo%men& &es& became *idel a"ailable, i& significan&l affec&s #alifornia(s o"erall high school gradua&ion ra&e' American Economis& 1&ui& 3ec)man claims &ha& GE$ affec&s gradua&ion ra&e of males more &han females' ' ' ' GE$ cer&ifica&ion is an a&&rac&i"e o%&ion because 6males migh& ha"e be&&er immedia&e em%lo men& o%%or&uni&ies and *ould, &herefore, find an earl e-i& from high school: 2Ta)ing &he Eas ;a <u&4' Elimina&ion of &he GE$ %rogram and ade=ua&e su%%or& for lo*er gradua&ion ra&es high schools *ill hel% sol"e &his issue effec&i"el ' +n &he beginning, &he General Tes& $e"elo%men& &es& *as de"elo%ed onl for ;;2 "e&erans and ser"icemen *ho needed creden&ials &o ha"e access &o %os&5secondar educa&ion, "oca&ional, and job &raining o%%or&uni&ies' 1ince &hen, an increasing number of ci"ilians s&ar&ed &a)ing &he GE$ &es&' E"en&uall , s&a&es acce%&ed &he GE$ cer&ifica&e as e=ui"alen& &o

Gomboragchaa 2 high school di%loma' ;hen GE$ became a"ailable &o &he %ublic, i& became an a&&rac&i"e o%&ion for man &o dro% ou& of school' ;h should dro%ou&s ma&&er> 3igh ra&es of high school dro%ou&s ha"e a huge im%ac& on #A 1&a&e Ta- Re"enue' 3igh school di%loma is &he basic educa&ional re=uiremen& in &he labor mar)e&' ?os& em%lo ers *ill re=uire a& leas& a high school di%loma or i&s e=ui"alen&' 3ence, dro%ou&s are going &o be mos& li)el unem%lo ed or *or) on minimum *ages' According &o Examining The Fiscal Consequences, Ph' $ $a"id 1&ui& no&es &ha& dro%ou&s earn @.000 &o @18000 %er ear less &han high school gradua&es 2184' ?ajori& of &he dro%ou&s *ill mos& li)el li"e in %o"er& due &o &heir lo* incomes' Fur&hermore, 1&ui& no&es &ha& assuming &he s&a&e(s /'. million high school dro%ou&s, 6*e find &ha& #alifornia high school dro%ou&s on a"erage con&ribu&e @2A2 less %er ear &han &he *ould ha"e had &he gradua&ed from high school' This los& s&a&e &a- re"enue adds u% &o @9A. million annuall : 2174' 1&ui&(s research sho*s ho* #alifornia(s econom loses mone due &o dro%ou&s' Tha& is *h i& is im%or&an& &o come u% *i&h an effec&i"e solu&ion abou& &his ma&&er' To increase &he high school gradua&ion ra&e, &he 1&a&e should elimina&e &he GE$ &es& all &oge&her from &he 1&a&e educa&ional s s&em' A GE$ cer&ifica&e is )no*n &o be e=ui"alen& &o a high school di%loma' Because of ha"ing an o%&ion of ob&aining GE$ cer&ifica&e, high school gradua&ion ra&e dro%%ed' Bames 3ec)man, a %rofessor of 1cience and 1ocie& a& 0ni"ersi& #ollege $ublin, claims, 6%rior &o &he in&roduc&ion of &he GE$ %rogram in 197!, #alifornia had a higher gradua&ion ra&es com%ared &o &hose in &he res& of &he coun& : 2294' 3ec)man(s calcula&ions based on C#E1 da&a dis%la s &ha& #alifornia(s high school gradua&ion ra&e dro%%ed from 77'99 &o 7/9 af&er GE$ &es& became a"ailable' Based on 3ec)man(s research, i& is safe &o sa &ha& high school gradua&ion ra&es *ill increase drama&icall if &here *as no secondar o%&ion of ob&aining a GE$ cer&ifica&e' 1&uden&s *ould mos& li)el s&a in school if &here *as no o&her *a around'

Gomboragchaa / ?an migh& argue &ha& a GE$ %ro"ides dro%ou&s a second chance &o fur&her &heir educa&ion' +& is &rue &ha& a GE$ cer&ifica&e can hel% dro%ou&s en&er college or a "oca&ional &raining %rograms' 3o*e"er, mos& GE$ cer&ifica&e holders do no& fur&her &heir educa&ion' $a"id Boesel, a senior anal s& a& &he Ca&ional Dibrar of Educa&ion, *ri&esE 3olders of GE$ di%lomas are less li)el &o com%le&e &heir college %rograms &han are high school gradua&es' ' ' '!09 &o A09 of &hose *i&h GE$ di%lomas ge& no addi&ional educa&ion or &raining, and mos& of &he one5&hird *ho enroll in &*o5 ear or four5 ear colleges s&a for onl a semes&er or &*o' +& sho*s ho* man GE$ reci%ien&s fail &o ge& higher educa&ion &ha& *ill benefi& &hem' Peo%le ge& ou& of school, &hin)ing &ha& a GE$ *ill %ro"ide a good em%lo men& o%%or&uni& ' +n reali& , majori& of &hem are jus& s&uc) *i&h &heir GE$F &herefore, a large %ercen&age s&ill li"e in %o"er& ' <&hers migh& argue &ha& a high school di%loma and a GE$ cer&ifica&e are &he same *hen loo)ing for an em%lo men& o%%or&uni& ' 3o*e"er, s&uden&s *ho gradua&ed high school ha"e more em%lo men& %o&en&ial &han &hose *ho ha"e a GE$ cer&ifica&e' Bo&h high school gradua&es and GE$ holders can ge& hired, bu& mos& em%lo ers *ill fa"or high school di%lomas o"er GE$ cer&ifica&ions' According &o #laudio 1ancheG, an educa&ion corres%onden& for CPR, 6&hings &ha& em%lo ers generall mos& loo) for or &hin) are im%or&an&, es%eciall a& lo*er5end jobs, are &he &hings li)e %erse"erance and &enaci& , and &hose )inds of =uali&ies &ha& are no& measured b &he GE$: 2=&d' in Russell Rumberger4' +& sho*s ho* much a high school di%loma can &ell abou& a %erson, in &erms of &heir =ualif ing charac&er in addi&ion &o educa&ion &ha& em%lo ers *ould "alue' <n &he o&her hand, GE$ can no& &ell much abou& a %erson(s good =uali&ies &ha& em%lo ers of&en loo) for' 3ence, &heir %o&en&ial &o ge& em%lo ed is less &han high school gradua&es'

Gomboragchaa ! #alifornia $e%ar&men& of Educa&ion %assed 1ena&e Bill 8A %rogram *hich consis&s of &hree com%onen&sE Pu%il ?o&i"a&ion and ?ain&enance Program 2?H?4, Al&erna&i"e Educa&ion <u&reach #onsul&an& Program, and Educa&ional #linic Program' According &o 1B 8A, ?H? %rogram funds dro%ou& %re"en&ion s%ecialis&s from elemen&ar &o I12 schools &ha& *ere in"ol"ed in &he %rogram during 200!5200A' ?H? %rogram focuses on 6%osi&i"e a&&endance and disci%line %rograms, #oordina&ion of 1er"ice Teas, 1&uden&s 1uccess Team and resilienc 5crea&ing s&ra&egies': The %rogram no longer has an fur&her a%%lica&ions' AE<# is a s&uden& dro%ou& reco"er and educa&ional re5en&r %rogram &ha& focused on s&uden&(s com%le&ion of high school or i&s e=ui"alen&' Fif& dis&ric&s &ha& o%era&e AE<# %rogram recei"e @2'A million from &he 1&a&e' Educa&ional #linic Program is designed &o hel% s&uden&s re&urn &o school af&er being absen& for for& 5fi"e da s or more' Educa&ional #linic s&uden&s are mainl from lo* income families and majori& of &hem are no& English s%ea)ers 21B 8A %rogram summar 4' Al&hough &he 1&a&e(s %rogram seemed &o ha"ing %osi&i"e resul&s, i&s effec&i"eness *as no& good enough &o ma)e a big change in high school dro%ou& ra&es' The reason *h &hese %rograms are no& sho*ing effec&i"e resul&s is because of no& elimina&ing &he GE$ o%&ion' These %rograms need some changes &o be more effec&i"e in increasing high school gradua&ion ra&es' 3ere is ho* i& can be al&ered' 1B 8A %rograms need &o focus on s&uden&s ob&aining &heir high school di%loma onl ' +f s&a&e %rogram su%%or&s s&uden&s &o ge& &heir GE$ cer&ifica&ion, onl a fe* *ill con&inue &heir %a&h &o higher educa&ion' The s&uden&s *ho fail &o fur&her &heir educa&ion can no& con&ribu&e as much as high school gradua&es &o benefi& &he s&a&e &a- re"enue because of &heir lo* income' Therefore, i& is im%or&an& &o ge& rid of &he GE$ %rogram firs&' Pu%il ?o&i"a&ion and ?ain&enance %rogram 2?H?4 should in"ol"e more high ris) schools &ha& are s&ruggling *i&h lo* gradua&ion ra&es' 1&uden&s *ho are s&ruggling &he mos&

Gomboragchaa A need s&rong su%%or& and mo&i"a&ion from &he schools if &heir famil members can no& %ro"ide &ha& %osi&i"e, learning a&mos%here' ?H? %rograms should in"ol"e schools *here &he majori& of &he s&uden&s are minori& grou%s because minori& s&uden&s &end &o dro% ou& more' According &o #alifornia $e%ar&men& of Educa&ion, high school gradua&ion ra&e for 3is%anics is 70'!9 and 82'99 for African5Americans in 201052011' 1&a&is&ic indica&es ho* minori& s&uden&s need more a&&en&ion and su%%or& from &he school' 1ince minori& grou% s&uden&s are more %rone &o dro% ou&, i& is im%or&an& for schools &o encourage &hem &o gradua&e and hel% &hem )ee% u% *i&h &heir school *or)s' Therefore, i& is necessar for minori& grou% schools &o ha"e access &o ?H? %rogram' +f &he ci& or &o*n *here i&s majori& of %o%ula&ion consis&s of minori&ies, i& is essen&ial &o %ro"ide &hese schools ?H? %rogram' +n conclusion, raising &he high school gradua&ion ra&e is one of &he mos& im%or&an& issues in #alifornia' 1&uden&s need &o ha"e high school di%loma in order &o ha"e a be&&er life &ha& *ill no& onl benefi& &hem bu& also &he s&a&e &a- re"enue' 3igh school gradua&es are more fa"ored b em%lo ers because of &heir =uali& charac&eris&ics such as resilience, &enaci& , %reser"a&ion, and endurance' 3igh school gradua&es in general earn much more &hroughou& &heir life&ime com%ared &o GE$ #er&ifica&e 3olders' #alifornia $e%ar&men& of Educa&ion needs &o ma)e &hose cer&ain changes in educa&ion s s&em so &ha& s&uden&s *ill become more resilien& &o com%le&e &heir high school educa&ion' The s&uden&s can gradua&e &heir high school successfull if &he ha"e ade=ua&e su%%or& and mo&i"a&ion from school, and mos& im%or&an&l , *i&hou& an secondar eas o%&ion a"ailable for &hem' The GE$ *ill no longer be &he &em%&a&ion &o s&o% &hem from gradua&ing school'

Gomboragchaa 8 ;or)s #i&ed Boesel, $a"id' 6The 1&ree& Jalue of &he GE$ $i%loma': Phi $el&a Ia%%an .0'1 2199.4E8A' Academic Search remier. ;eb' 17 Feb' 201!' #easer, 1&e%hen' 6#alifornia Ran)s +n Bo&&om 3alf of 1&a&es +n Gradua&ion Ra&e': latimes.com. Dos Angeles Times' 28 Co"' 2012' ;eb' 2 ?ar' 201!' 3ec)man, Bames B', e& al' 6Ta)ing The Eas ;a <u&E 3o* The GE$ Tes&ing Program +nduces 1&uden&s To $ro% <u&': !ournal o" Labor Economics /0'/ 220124E !9A5A20' Business 1ource Eli&e' ;eb' 1/ Feb' 201!' 63igh 1chool $ro%ou& 1&a&is&ics': Statistic Brain' 1&a&is&ic Brain Research +ns&i&u&e, 1 Ban' 201!' ;eb' 2. Feb' 201!' 6+n Toda (s Econom , 3o* Far #an A GE$ Ta)e Kou>: US #ews. B #laudio 1ancheG' Public Radio, 1. Feb' 2012' # $.org. 17 Feb' 201!' 1&ui&, $a"id A', Beffre A' 1%ringer, and #hoice Founda&ion for Educa&ional' L#aliforniaMs 3igh 1chool $ro%ou&sE E-amining The Fiscal #onse=uences'L Foundation "or Educational Choice 220104E E$%C' ;eb' 1. Feb' 201!' 0ni&ed 1&a&es' $e%&' of &he Educa&ion' 61B 8A Program 1ummar E The $ro%ou& Pre"en&ion and Reco"er Ac&': #alifornia $e%ar&men& of Educa&ion, Feb' 201!' ;eb' 1/ Feb' 201!'