Chapter I
INTRODUCTION
Situational Analysis School is an agent of socialization as well as institution set up by the society in order to pass knowledge, skills, values, attitudes and other necessary qualities to the younger generations so that they become productive and leaders of tomorrow. Mahuta, (2007) was viewed and regarded a school that centers knowledge and it possesses the power to mold and shape the character of individuals in the society. Therefore, it is clear that school is a backbone and life wire of a society. In our schools, teaching and learning take place effectively when there is proper attendance on the part of both staff and students. However, present day students do engage in absenting themselves from school without concrete and reasonable reasons. Therefore, truancy become one of the problem seriously affecting teaching and learning, general performance and quality of our secondary school students as well as the quality of the education generally in developing country like Philippines.
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Buccat and Cuntapay (2006) defined absenteeism in an educational institution as a perennial problem. According to them, there is a need to gauge the students’ consciousness on absenteeism. Clores (2009) stated that truancy may indicate low performance of teachers, students’ dissatisfaction of the school service, or lack of or poor academic and non- academic structures or policies that address the problems or factors influencing or reinforcing this behaviour. Parents are financially burdened for having their children to stay longer in the school, having to re- enroll them in subjects where they fail due to excessive absences. Missing school is a serious business, and its impact on student achievement and drop-out rates has been vastly underestimated, according to a recent report from Johns Hopkins
Holly Hassel and Jessica Lourey are English professors at their respective universities. In the second paragraph of the essay they posed a question that shapes this essay: “How do we teach our students to be accountable for their educational choices and performances? To answer their hypothesis, they took a survey of one thousand and ninety-five students total. The surveyed included questions about the meaning of each letter grade, perceptions of teacher/ student relationships and how many hours should be spent studying per three credit hour class. Ninety-three percent of students rated themselves responsible, thirty-nine percent of students had missed three or more days of class at the tenth week of the semester.
The students come first, and if they have a teacher that does not value the importance of attendance and the effect it has on student’s long-term progression, then next steps should be considered by the principal. The School Culture and climate is based on a shared commitment to the students that should be abided by at all times. For instance, there are policies based around student progression, success, and classroom structure, scheduling, and curriculum. Putting students first requires preparation on the part of the teacher in order to produce a critical foundation that arranges opportunities for students to be observed, evaluated and in a balanced classroom environment.
It was good idea to change the Wyandotte attendance policy, if students miss more than seven days in the last semester because most people don’t come school in their senior years. One reason that Wyandotte attendance policy should change because students will fail in their classes. Another reason that Wyandotte’s attendance policy should change because students don’t know what they learn in their classes if they did not come school. The last reason was that it’s hard for students when they went to college because they don’t know anything. In conclusion, if students did not come school in their senior years than it will be really bad for them and also they are not allowed to come in graduation
It has been proven that many individuals find it difficult to determine if attending class should be mandatory or not. Many argue that as long as the student is doing well on the assignments and understanding the information, he/she should not be required to come to class. There are also many counter-arguments that say that one should be required to come to class no matter what. In his article “‘A’ is for Absent”, Chris Piper wants his audience to believe that attendance should not effect grades due to the fact that if a student can pass without coming to class, he/she should pass without being questions about their attendance.
In my district, the short-term suspensions are when a student violated an infringement of the code of conduct. Short-term suspensions can have student’s out-of-school for at least 10 days or less, the school principal should illuminate the student of the particular infringement and give the student chances to react to the charges. At this point, the student may exhibit their own version of the infringement brought upon them. When the school principal makes the decision to suspended the student, the school must 1) try to inform the student's parent or guardian of the suspension; 2) make any provisions for the student’s time at home; and 3) advise and/or send composed warning to the parent or guardian advising them of the suspension, of its reason, the length of the suspension, the privilege to bid, the student's entitlement to come back to school, and any conditions for that arrival.
Part of the system that would say if they're going to drop out is if they're meeting up with friends "playing hooky". The author explains that Guardians want their kids in class so they're not wasting their money on their child. For example, "There's just so much more at stake now then there was 20 years ago and parents want to protect their investment; they want to make sure their kids are in class," (115). "One interesting fact is at State Mary's University if it professor shows a student that did not show up to class it moves them to "risk level" which goes from green to Yellow to red." Belkin is in favor for the retention alert system as it provides tremendous amount of
The School Attendance Review Board (SARB) is already working on addressing excessive school absences, which is often an issue with low-income students. SARB is a group consisting of administrators, counselors, and teachers who attempt interventions with the student and their families to ensure that minimum attendance requirements are met. This SARB program is only in place, however, at the middle school. The high school does have attendance requirements and consequences for excessive absences, but they do no have a program that involves families such as that of the middle school. If the high school adopted a program similar to the SARB, perhaps their graduation rates would improve.
Kerr and Meghan Hoyer delves into the problem of students across America being absent from schools. This issue is explored in this article by showing the reader percentages of chronic absences in the United States. This issue was so bad in 2013-2014 that former president Barack Obama tried to help fix the issue by starting a program that works in 30 communities that tries to identify mentors that can work with students that are habitually absent from school. This program also as part of the effort donated “state” backpacks for students. This part of the program donated 30,000 bags to students that were part of the program.
Hence, the process of desegregating educational institutions had been settled amongst society but never exceed the anticipation of equality. Additionally, an institution’s objectives can be illustrated across the landscape of education, producing effective workers. Those are the individuals whom struggle to establish the value of a nation, those are the ones whom go against their own interests. In kind, Kozol would expose, “Among the missions of the school, according to the printed statement, which was posted also in some other classrooms of the school, was “to develop productive citizens” who have the skills that will be needed “for successful global competition” (230). Ergo, amidst the walls of education lies the principles of industry.
Novelist, John Taylor Gatto, in his speech essay, “Why Schools Don’t Education”, conveys schools aren’t as educational as they should be. John’s purpose is to narrate the idea that teachers and school district aren’t putting enough effort to educate children and to also motivate more teachers to help bust up children’s education. He adopts a passionate tone in order to appeal in his that education should be taken serious. In order, to convey his appeal of the subject he uses rhetorical analysis to help drill in the audience.
Every fall students prepare to go back to school and receive an education so they can continue to progress through life and go to higher education opportunities after high school. While all these kids are receiving an education not all of these students make it through high school to even have the opportunity to advance onto higher education. Victor Rios explains the ways in which he feels we can all help the students that he claims, “the education system ignores” in his TED talk titled “Help for the kids the education system ignores.” Rios brings forward an argument of how he feels society should alter their attitudes on those who have dropped out and change those students from being seen as “at-risk” students to “at-promise.” Rios proposes
High School Dropouts Neil Urbano DeVry University High School Dropouts I. Introduction A. Thesis Statement: High School students who dropouts matters after they exit school because there is a direct and negative impact on life outcome, the labor market opportunities are limited, and there are disadvantages that leads to poverty. 1) Main Idea: High School students who dropouts matters after they exit school because there is a direct and negative impact on life outcome. 2) Main Idea: High School students who dropouts matters after they exit school because the labor market opportunities are limited. 3) Main Idea: High School students who dropouts matters after they exit school because there are disadvantages that leads to poverty. II.
Several studies have been done to identify problems that affects student’s academic performance. The students’ academic performance depends on a number of socio-economic factors like students’ presence of trained teacher in school, teacher-student ratio, attendance in the class, sex of the student, family income, mother’s and father’s education, , and distance of schools (Amitava Raychaudhuri,
Sociology of education is one of the specialized areas in sociology. The sociology of education has been important part of development of the discipline of sociology. In the context of sociology of education it can be define as the study of how public institutions and individual experiences affect education and its outcome. The word education itself proved that the aim of it is “to teach us how to think than what to think.” Sociology of education enable us to think critically about human social life and to keep asking questions concerning the sociological problems in education and understanding related concepts such as functions, progress, problems and the importance of good interaction between society and education systems.
Philosophy of Schools and Learning Schools have a responsibility to set students up for success in society. There are a certain set of skills which all students should be taught including social interaction and basic