C D Howe Institute: High School Dropout Rates

High School Dropout Dept: For one thing, boys are still far more inclined than girls to drop out, says John Richards, a public policy professor at Simon Fraser University, in a just-released paper for the C.D. Howe Institute, according to Vancouver Sun. And while the national and provincial figures are better than in most developed countries and are on a general upward trend, the performance of the weakest 10 per cent of students got worse. And that's "a powerful indicator of a student dropping out of school," Richards says and high-school dropout rates -- a huge factor influencing a young person's future ability to find and hold a job -- are declining across Canada, and in B.C. more than in most provinces, but a few stubborn problems persist. As well, there are some worrisome demographic patterns that emerge from the data. The dropout rate remains above the norm in rural areas, as well as among certain, but by no means all, immigrant groups, and among Aboriginals, especially those who live on reserve. As reported in the news.
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