 SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) - Nearly a quarter of California high school students dropped out of school during the 2006-2007 school year according to numbers recently released by the state department of education.
”There’s things that the schools need to do to better engage and educate children, There’s things the districts need to do to help schools to do that, and there’s things the state needs to do to help districts do that,” claims Russell Rumberger, Professor of Education at U.C. Santa Barbara.
State Senator Darrell Steinberg calls the numbers unacceptable and says partnerships with the greater community could help reduce future dropouts.
“We ought to reward businesses that are willing to partner with public educators to establish career-focused academies that provide a path to success for too many kids who don’t have a path to success,” believes Senator Steinberg.
Steinberg says California's dropout rate not only hurts young people, but it hurts the state's economy.
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KCBS' Melissa Culross reports
