CEA and the Ontario Institute in Studies in Education (OISE) have teamed up to provide you with relevant and timely information based on current empirical educational research. The primary goal of this project is to get relevant and needed research into the hands of parents and other interested people. They are written in plain language on topics of interest to parents, such as homework and class size.

Additional Resources For Parents

GLOBAL VOICES IN CANADA: What Did You Do in School Today?: This article looks at the importance of student engagement in high schools.
http://webspace.oise.utoronto.ca/~levinben/Kappan1002levWDYDIST.pdf

In Canada: 20 minutes to change a life?: The article discusses the positive impact of supportive adult attention on students facing challenges in high school.
http://www.cea-ace.ca/education-canada/article/20-minutes-change-life

National Center on Secondary Education and Transition: This website provides tips for parents on strategies that promote graduation and school achievement.
http://www.ncset.org/publications/viewdesc.asp?id=3135

Ontario Ministry of Education: This website provides options for parents to help children graduate from secondary school.
http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/studentsuccess/index.html

School Leavers: Understanding the Lived Reality of Student Disengagement from Secondary School: This report was prepared by Resource Group The Hospital for Sick Children For the Ontario Ministry of Education and Training, Special Education Branch, Toronto, Canada
http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/parents/schoolleavers.pdf

What Did You Do in School Today?: This report discusses the need for social, academic and intellectual engagement for adolescents learners.
http://www.cea-ace.ca/sites/cea-ace.ca/files/cea-2009-wdydist.pdf

Research References Informing this Issue

Balfanz, R. et al. (2007), “Preventing Student Disengagement and Keeping Students on the Gradation Path in Urban Middle-Grades Schools: Early Identification and Effective Interventions” in Educational Psychologist, Vol. 42, No. 4, pp. 223-235.

Hammond, C., Linton, D., Smink, J., & Drew, S. (2007). Dropout risk factors and exemplary programs. Clemson, SC: National Dropout Prevention Center, Communities In Schools, Inc.

Jerald, C. D. (2006). Identifying potential dropouts: Key lessons for building an early warning system. Washington, DC: American Diploma Project Network, Achieve, Inc.

Lyche, C.S. (2010). Taking on the completion challenge: A literature review on policies to prevent drop out and early school leaving.  Paris: OECD

Mac Iver, D.J. and M. A. Mac Iver (2009), Beyond the Indicators: An Integrated School-level Approach to Dropout Prevention, The George Washington University Center for Equity and Excellence in Education, Arlington

Rumberger, R.W. and Lim, S.A. (2008), Why Students Drop Out of School: A Review of 25 Years of Research, California Dropout Research Project, Santa Barbara.