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Download full textMackey, Philip E.; Duncan, Teresa G. – Regional Educational Laboratory Mid-Atlantic, 2013
Maryland recently raised its compulsory school attendance age from 16 to 18 in two stages: from 16 to 17 at the beginning of the 2014-15 school year and from 17 to 18 at the beginning of the 2016-17 school year (Maryland Senate Bill 362, 2012). The Maryland State Department of Education, a member of Regional Educational Laboratory Mid-Atlantic's…
Descriptors: Compulsory Education, State Legislation, Educational Legislation, Dropouts
Philip E. Mackey; Teresa G. Duncan – Regional Educational Laboratory Mid-Atlantic, 2013
Maryland raised its compulsory school attendance age from 16 to 18 in two stages: from 16 to 17 at the beginning of the 2014/15 school year and from 17 to 18 at the beginning of the 2016/17 school year (Maryland Senate Bill 362, 2012). The Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) sought technical assistance from the Regional Educational…
Descriptors: Compulsory Education, State Legislation, Educational Legislation, Dropouts
Direct linkWhitehurst, Grover J.; Whitfield, Sarah – Brookings Institution, 2012
During his 2012 State of the Union address, President Barack Obama offered several recommendations on education policy, including one specifying that all states increase the age of compulsory school attendance to 18. Approximately 25 percent of public school students in the U.S. don't obtain a regular high school diploma, a tragedy for them and a…
Descriptors: Public Education, Attendance, Compulsory Education, High Schools
Maxwell, Lesli A. – Education Week, 2012
President Barack Obama's call for every state to require school attendance until age 18 may spark a flurry of action in some statehouses, but changing attendance laws will do little by itself to drive down the nation's dropout rates, experts on the issue say. In his State of the Union address last month, President Obama said states should require…
Descriptors: Presidents, Compulsory Education, Age, Attendance
Bridgeland, John M.; DiIulio, John J., Jr.; Morison, Karen Burke – Civic Enterprises, 2006
The central message of this report is that while some students drop out because of significant academic challenges, most dropouts are students who could have, and believe they could have, succeeded in school. This survey of young people who left high school without graduating suggests that, despite career aspirations that require education beyond…
Descriptors: High Schools, School Attendance Legislation, Dropouts, Attendance
United States Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1905
Volume 2 addresses German school courses of study, a report on the Chilean Education Congress and Exhibit, U.S. and foreign education necrology for 1902, and profiles of education benefactors and others who have devoted their lives to education. Chapter XXX's miscellaneous educational topics include remarks on education in America, a good urban…
Descriptors: Education, Foreign Countries, School Organization, Urban Schools
