Surname 1 Name Professor Subject Date Increasing Number of School Dropouts Introductions Individuals who abscond school prior to high commencement can be described as school dropouts. In the current years, there has been a swift increase in the number of dropout in United States (Rumberger, p. 68). Each year, approximately one third of the students in public schools, fail to finish their high school education. According the researches, the majority of these dropouts leave school while remaining two years to complete. This disturbing trend has actually deteriorated over the past decades regardless of the fact that education was prioritized in the public agenda. Currently, the public is well informed of the seriousness of the matter of school dropout, and this has been due to lack of precise data (Bruce, p. 112). Nonetheless, the results of these dropouts have been devastating. The notion of dropping out of school is dangerous for a student, this is because in most circumstances, that particular student is most likely to live poverty stricken life, end up unemployed, be a liability to public assistance, end up in jail, or be divorced or single parent. In this state of affairs, the nation greatly suffers from these issues of dropout due to increased costs associated with increased social services, increased cases of imprisonment and healthcare costs (Marcus & Green, p. 123). Due to these detrimental personal and economic costs, the purpose of this scholarly paper will seek to understand, why students tend to drop out of school, the extent of the problem, and how the educators, policy makers, and government have assisted them to complete their studies. Extent of the Problem The rate of dropouts has been scrutinized from various perspectives. Event dropout rates gauge the proportion percentage of students who drop out of school every year before completing a certain stage of schooling (Lexander et al., p. 129) Status dropout rates estimate the percentage of the whole population of a given age, who failed to complete a certain level of schooling and currently not enrolled (Lexander, et al. p. 138). Cohort dropout measures dropping in the midst of a single group of students over a given period (Caterall, p. 321). High school achievement rates gauges the percentage of a total population of a given age who left high school and obtained a diploma or certificate (NCES, p. 43). According to the U.S. National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), that defines the percentage of young adults between ages fourteen to twenty four, who dropped school by 2000, they reported the rate that ranged between 4% to 6%. This, rate rose from 1972 through 1990. From 1990 to 2000, there was yearly fluctuation but the overall pattern range seemed to be stable ranging between 4% to 6% (NCES, p. 88). Status dropout rates reported by NCES, as the proportion of young adults ranging between 16-24, and presently enrolled, and have obtained a diplom ...