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CNN.com - Law lets students forgo senior year A possible solution to overcrowded schools is proposed in Florida: allowing graduation in 3 years of high school. The program is not for everyone and has more drawbacks than may be apparent at first.
Cincinnati Enquirer - 'Senioritis' can cheat students' futures Article which emphasizes the negative consequences of students taking it easy during the last year of high school.
NPR : All Things Considered : Senioritis High schools and colleges are cracking down on so-called 'senioritis'. New research suggests that students who slack off at the end of high school are likely to have a tough time making it through college. [Streaming audio broadcast of 4 minutes 30 seconds.]
NPR: All Things Considered : Roosevelt High School: Summertime and Senioritis Discussions with students and faculty about this annual phenomenon. [Streaming audio segment of 7 minutes and 30 seconds in duration.]
PBS - Senior Year Companion site to a 13 part series that follows 15 teens through their last year at Fairfax High in Los Angeles.
USATODAY.com - With 'senioritis' the diagnosis, the search for a cure is on A confluence of forces is pushing educational leaders to stop the senioritis trend in high schools across the USA.
National Commission on the High School Senior Year Blue-ribbon panel commissioned to report on how to improve the senior year of high school as a transition to postsecondary education and the work force. The commission finished work in 2001, and several pdf-format reports are available for download.




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