As we start to look at the data we find some interesting statistics. In our school 80% of our students go to college. 63% go to a four year school and 17% go to a two year school. From that total 60% graduate with a degree from a four year college withing 6 years. What amazes me is that only 48% of our graduating seniors will end up with a four year degree.
Now that might not sound bad until you realize that our average SAT scores are above 1650 and 86% of our students pass the AP exams. So it is obvious that we are giving them the cognitive skills to be successful. However what is missing from this picture.
Duckworth and Tough would state it is grit and self control. The ability to be persistent, not lose focus and continue until the task is done. With that in mind a group of us are going to start trying to teach these characteristics next year in our class rooms.
I will keep you posted.
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