Decreasing School Dropout Rates (Draft)Students dropping out of school is one of the most important problems facing the country. This is a serious problem that is often ignored by schools and districts and can offer even simple solutions to keep children in class. From a normal student's personal perspective, school is stressful, but it's supposed to be challenging. It's pretty much divided into a few categories: kids who strive to learn and succeed and kids who want nothing to do with school. This does not make them bad children, or even bad students. Dropouts report that one of the main reasons they drop out of school is not recognizing the value of the work they do. Nearly half of them said that the classes were not interesting and that they were bored with their work, and that this was one of the main reasons why students stopped taking classes ( Furger “How to end the school dropout crisis”). Students' expectations of their teachers also tend to be high. The regular students of the school also debate among themselves to make the decision to drop out from time to time, due to the stress level due to the accumulation of homework. Larger high schools can also be difficult for the students who attend them, giving them less individual attention from teachers. Immigrants even have a much higher risk of dropping out of school when they move from one country to another. It’s teachers who take a role, become more helpful and understand the struggles students face outside of school, such as connecting and opening up with their students, that could make the biggest difference. Schools should provide tutoring, mentoring and counseling programs for children to help them survive school (Smink, "A Proven Solution for Dropout Pr...... middle of paper...... d finishing school should be one of them Works Cited Furger, Roberta. “How to End the Dropout Crisis Edutopia.org 2014 The George LucasEducational Foundation, December 3, 2008. Web, March 9, 2014. “Dropout Statistics.” ." Statistic Brain. 2013 Statistic Brain Research Institute, January 1, 2014. Web. March 9, 2014. Smink, Jay. "A Proven Solution for Dropout Prevention: Expanded Learning Opportunities." Expanded Learning. Collaborative Communications Group , Inc., 2013. Web. March 9, 2014. Udell, Stuart. “Solutions to the Dropout Prevention Crisis,” March 4, 2014. Web... 2014. .