Five hundred (500) 18-24 year old dropouts were asked what would have kept them in school:
- better teachers
- offer more alternative classes
- link school learning to real-life opportunities
- provide more assistance in the form of mentoring and tutoring
- provide more school counselors
- provide greater opportunities to make up work (i.e. summer school, evening classes)
- provide greater school-to-home communication
- provide greater opportunities to get a diploma (GED)
- provide an opportunity for students to return when they are older
- https://educationalissues.suite101.com/article.cfm/dropouts_give_reasons