"Dropouts Give Reasons" by Barbara Pytel

- Only 6 out of 10 Delaware students graduate each year.
- Two-thirds of students who dropped out said they would have tried harder if more was expected of them.
- 47% of dropouts said classes were not interesting.
- 43% of dropouts missed too many days to catch up.
- 45% of dropouts entered high school poorly prepared by their earlier schooling.
- 69% of dropouts said they were not motivated to work hard.
- 35% of dropouts said they were failing.
- 32% of dropouts said they left to get a job.
- 25% of dropouts left to become parents.
- 22% of dropouts left to take care of a relative.