The document provides tips for planning and outlining an essay about why students drop out of school and how to address this problem. It recommends spending time brainstorming the topic, identifying key vocabulary, grouping related ideas into categories, and creating an outline with an introduction, body paragraphs addressing different reasons students leave school early and potential solutions, and a conclusion. The document contains examples of grouping reasons for dropping out into social, academic, and financial categories and writing topic sentences and paragraph ideas addressing family reasons for leaving school.