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The $1,000,000 Question: What Happens When We Re-Engage a Single Student?
The Economic and Social Returns of Dropout Recovery When a young person who left school earns a diploma, the benefits extend far beyond one life. Families become more stable, employers gain needed tal...
Alternative Education Works When We Measure What Matters
Why Traditional Metrics Miss the Success Stories If you judge alternative education programs solely by four-year graduation rates, you’ll miss the most important story: thousands of students who...
Understanding the Dropout Crisis Through Students’ Eyes
When we think about high school dropouts, we often assume academic failure is the culprit. But the reality is far more complex and surprisingly hopeful for those working to solve this crisis. The Enga...
The Dropout Myth: Why Most Students Leave School With Passing Grades
Here’s a statistic that should fundamentally change how we think about dropout prevention: Over 60% of students who drop out had grades of C or better before leaving school. Read that again. The...
One Dropout Every 26 Seconds: Why America’s Graduation Crisis Isn’t Over
The numbers sound encouraging at first: America’s high school graduation rate reached 86% in 2019, the highest in decades. But behind that headline figure lies a persistent crisis that costs our...
Introducing Acceleration Academies’ Research & Policy Team
Every day, young people leave high school without the support they need to succeed. Too often, their experiences are reduced to statistics—numbers that fail to capture their potential or the systemic ...