Pass/No Drive: The Answer To High School Dropouts

The issue on the table is that California is trying to pass a ¨no pass/no drive¨ law to encourage high school students to get better grades and not drop out. I believe that this law should be passed because of the 25% drop out rates in schools in America and the proof to show that No pass/No drive laws work. For example, as in the article ¨´Ńo Pass/No Drive´: The Answer To High School Drop-out Rates?¨ the author references a study done in 2000 that proved No pass/No drive to be successful in lowering student dropout rates. The author wrote ¨One study in 2000, found that, in kentucky, lower performing counties were able to lower their dropout rates to match better performing counties when they used the ´no pass/no drive´ policies¨ (pg.6). This shows, inarguably, that schools with the no pass/no drive law in operation have lower dropout rates. Another clear-cut example is the first-hand
experience of a Clynt Goins. Goins was a senior with bad attendance at McMinn high school and is quoted as said in the article ¨As a result, he started going to school more and took summer school to make up two classes he failed,¨ (pg.6) Also included in the article is gloin giving his own thoughts on the matter; ¨No kid wants to get stuck at home. If they have a job they don't want to depend on someone else to pick them up and drop them off,¨(pg.6). As with Clynt Goins we can see that the no pass/no drive policy actually works, and that from his own account, that it was the need to drive that drove him to get better grades.
However, also in the article the author also quotes a woman named Yael Kidron, she says that ¨Experts would agree that some students may need a little push for their motivation, but a large part of the picture is helping them out.
They cannot do it on their own,¨ (Pg.5). This is true, and students do need someone to help them learn, as also said by Russell Rumberger ¨Getting their bodies into the building doesn't mean that they are going to learn anything,¨(pg.5), but, both of these statements are facilities, for the students already have someone to help them learn, the teachers. If it means the student has to come in at lunch or afterschool, they are driven by the want, and in some cases, need for their driver's license, and therefore, good attendance and good grades as also said by the author.
In conclusion it is clear that, according to first hand accounts and studies, the no pass/no drive law should be passed. Once the no pass/no drive law is passed we will be able to see decreases in high school dropout rates, and maybe even increases in performance in terms of
grades.