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Tiera Couch
December 12, 2014
SW 4020
Community Analysis Paper: Part 3
While the United States high school graduation rates are around
80% (Michigan high, 2014, para. 2), Detroit's public high school
graduation rate is only at 65% (Michigan high, 2014, para. 3). In
2009, the city of Detroit had two hundred and fourteen public schools
forty-nine of those schools were high schools (Schools in, 2009). The
Detroit public school system has suffered cutbacks and school closings.
There are currently only one hundred and three public schools
(Schools 2013), twenty-four of which are high schools (High
schools 2013).
community. The public school system often lacks resources, but where
resources are deficient the professionals and the community need to
step up and be dedicated.
There are so many barriers to completed school when living in
the inner city. One of the biggest barriers is a lack of professional role
models, this is a significant factor in a students success because adult
role models often motivate and inspire. Exposure to bad adult behavior
in the youths environment, parental and non-parental creates
dysfunction and can lead to negative outcomes for young people in
terms of education (Hurd, Zimmerman & Xue, 2009, p. 777). In order to
determine the right behavior youth often fixate on adults they want to
mimic (as cited by Hurd, Zimmerman & Xue, 2009, p. 777) and
unfortunately the people in their environment showing the most
success are often criminals. I believe that mentoring should be a big
part of the program.
Studies show that the youth who are influenced by positive role
models achieve at higher levels emotionally, academically and socially.
In order to strengthen the student's environments there need to be an
increase in social participation in the community (Netting, Kettner,
McMurtry & Thomas, 2012, p. 133). Parents are important but just as
important are other adult's in adolescents lives. Long abandoned is
the belief that the village raises the children instead of the village
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Michigan high school graduation rate still behind national average. (2014). Retrieved
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Mission and history. (2014). Retrieved from http://globalkids.org/#/about-globalkids/mission-and-history