Sample Lesson About The Reality Ride The Reality Ride is often the first WhyTry visual metaphor that is introduced to a class or group. It uses a picture of a rollercoaster to demonstrate that each decision we make has a consequence. It illustrates to students that the decisions we make today directly affect the future. […]
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Dropout Prevention An Effective Dropout Prevention Approach 2.1 million students are dropping out of school each year. By preventing these students from dropping out, we can improve quality of life, enhance earning potential, and reduce the costs to state and local governments. WhyTry is a social-emotional learning approach that specializes in reducing absenteeism and dropout. We engage students
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Rural Missouri School District WhyTry was implemented for 10 weeks as an after-school tutoring program. This study took place in a rural district in Southeast Missouri, where the county unemployment rate is typically triple the state average. Seventy percent of the student bodies of 1100 qualify for free/reduced-price school lunches. The WhyTry Program was implemented
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Wicomico County, MD To ease the transition from elementary to middle school, the WhyTry program is taught on a school-wide level. The transition between elementary school and middle school can be difficult to make. That is why Liz Hastings, Principal at Bennett Middle School, has focused on training her 6th-grade teachers on how to implement
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