Recommendations

At first, we might be itching to say that unless we don’t find a top-down approach, these numbers will never improve. While it might be true to a certain extent, there are a lot of steps a community can take that does not require a lot of finances but can help the students in a great way. The ultimate goal of this intervention would be to understand the problem first. For example, let’s take the example of Steel Valley school district who has got a graduation rate of almost 95% however, the math and reading proficiency hardly touches 50%. Finding out the major problems which hinders the academic growth of students in this district could be a start. Now the question arises as to how can we accomplish it? I shall be discussing some of the ways in which we as a community can help:

1. Presenting good examples from the community – During the school years, everyone one of has got an idol whom we admire and would like to be someday. Showing kids some good examples from the community who went on to achieve something might be a good start as at this age, children get influenced very easily and therefore we need to make sure that they have the right person to look up to.