From Ghosts to Graduates is a timely book that recognizes that three years of interrupted learning has created an impending dropout timebomb of students who are traditionally at risk, as well as those who became disengaged during pandemic learning. Many students are ghosts in the system – they have become disconnected and disenchanted with schooling. Instead of only addressing strategies to treat the symptoms of dropping out, this important resource addresses the causes of the disengagement that led to those symptoms.
Author Emily Freeland shows how to identify existing and potential ghosts, how to reconnect students to the learning process and communicate that we see them and believe in them, how to overcome barriers to progress, and how to restore hope. Each chapter offers current research and practical strategies, as well as Do Now and Reflection sections to help you apply the ideas as you read.
With the deliberate practices in this book, you’ll be able to change the trajectory of the ghosting trend and help more of your students be seen.
Author(s): Emily Freeland
Publisher: Routledge/Eye on Education
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 118
City: New York
Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Meet the Author
Introduction
PART 1 Ghost Hunting – How Do We Find Our Ghosts?
1 Ghost Origins – Why Do Students Become Ghosts?
2 Ghost Indicators – How Do We Recognize When It Is Happening?
3 Ghosting Beyond the Numbers – What Strategies Can We Utilize and What Steps Can We Take to Connect with Our Ghosts?
PART 2 Ghost Whispering – How Do We See and Connect with Our Ghosts?
4 Whispering in the Classroom – I See You!
5 Fostering Engagement and Motivation – Your Learning Is Important to Me!
6 Communicating High Academic Expectations – I Believe in You!
PART 3 Closing the Gateway – How Can We Shut Down the Pathway to Ghosting?
7 Call in Reinforcements – How Can Teacher Teams Face Down the Ghosting Challenge Together?
8 Instilling Hope – How Can We Instill Hope in Our Ghosts and Help Them Create a Vision of Their Future?
9 Blocking the Pathways – How Can We Eliminate the School- and District-Level Policies That Keep the Gateways Propped Open?
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