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How Can We Use Strength Based Learning to Improve Student Engagement?

Despite recent honors and recognition of positive school practices, the dropout rate at Acorn HS for 2017-2018 was 51% with a truancy rate of 68%.  The difference between these low engagement percentages and the positive feedback from independent agencies is the inspiration for this study.

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Can a shift in teaching approaches change student engagement?

Close to 15% of California's high school students attend alternative schools. Students from continuation high schools, have experienced dropping out, they know what it feels like to become disconnected from school.  The goal and perhaps the challenge for continuation schools is to find a way to reengage students who have demonstrated disengagement from academic culture. As you search through this website you will find an array of tips and tools on how to use strengths to engage students in their own learning.




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