--- title: Insights | indicators of students at-risk description: indicators of students at-risk | --- [1.855.486.8855](tel:1.855.486.8855) [learnmore@graduationalliance.com](mailto:learnmore@graduationalliance.com) - - - [![logo](https://hub.graduationalliance.com/hubfs/Graduationalliance-Jan2017/Image/logo.png)](http://graduationalliance.com) # Insights ## [School counselors are heroes; here’s why](https://hub.graduationalliance.com/blog/school-counselor-week-february) Posted by [Greg Harp](https://hub.graduationalliance.com/blog/author/greg-harp) on October 16, 2018 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://hub.graduationalliance.com/hubfs/Screen%20Shot%202018-10-16%20at%202.21.02%20PM.png)](https://hub.graduationalliance.com/blog/school-counselor-week-february) # Graduation Alliance wants to say "thanks" [Read More](https://hub.graduationalliance.com/blog/school-counselor-week-february) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://hub.graduationalliance.com/blog/school-counselor-week-february#comments-listing) Topics: [Education](https://hub.graduationalliance.com/blog/topic/education), [dropout prevention](https://hub.graduationalliance.com/blog/topic/dropout-prevention), [indicators of students at-risk](https://hub.graduationalliance.com/blog/topic/indicators-of-students-at-risk), [college readiness](https://hub.graduationalliance.com/blog/topic/college-readiness) ## [The American Academy: Our Beginnings](https://hub.graduationalliance.com/blog/the-american-academy-graduation-alliance) Posted by [Greg Harp](https://hub.graduationalliance.com/blog/author/greg-harp) on September 21, 2018 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://hub.graduationalliance.com/hubfs/2017%20Stock%20Images/Maths%20equations%20against%20smiling%20friends%20students%20talking%20and%20writing-1.jpeg)](https://hub.graduationalliance.com/blog/the-american-academy-graduation-alliance) # Graduation Alliance started and thrives with the passion for having students reach their full potential. [Read More](https://hub.graduationalliance.com/blog/the-american-academy-graduation-alliance) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://hub.graduationalliance.com/blog/the-american-academy-graduation-alliance#comments-listing) Topics: [Education](https://hub.graduationalliance.com/blog/topic/education), [dropout prevention](https://hub.graduationalliance.com/blog/topic/dropout-prevention), [indicators of students at-risk](https://hub.graduationalliance.com/blog/topic/indicators-of-students-at-risk), [college readiness](https://hub.graduationalliance.com/blog/topic/college-readiness) ## [Helping Educators Identify At-Risk Students](https://hub.graduationalliance.com/blog/identify-at-risk-students) Posted by [Greg Harp](https://hub.graduationalliance.com/blog/author/greg-harp) on August 28, 2018 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://hub.graduationalliance.com/hubfs/2017%20Stock%20Images/student%20taking%20test.jpg)](https://hub.graduationalliance.com/blog/identify-at-risk-students) # These tests and tools for predicting at-risk students may put us out of the dropout recovery business. Thank goodness. [Read More](https://hub.graduationalliance.com/blog/identify-at-risk-students) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://hub.graduationalliance.com/blog/identify-at-risk-students#comments-listing) Topics: [Education](https://hub.graduationalliance.com/blog/topic/education), [dropout prevention](https://hub.graduationalliance.com/blog/topic/dropout-prevention), [indicators of students at-risk](https://hub.graduationalliance.com/blog/topic/indicators-of-students-at-risk), [scholarcentric](https://hub.graduationalliance.com/blog/topic/scholarcentric), [sel](https://hub.graduationalliance.com/blog/topic/sel) ## [Look for the leading indicators.](https://hub.graduationalliance.com/blog/sel-skills-q-and-a-0-0-0) Posted by [Rebekah Richards](https://hub.graduationalliance.com/blog/author/rebekah-richards) on May 1, 2018 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://hub.graduationalliance.com/hubfs/Blog%20Images/GA_c3_Blog%202%20Image.jpg)](https://hub.graduationalliance.com/blog/sel-skills-q-and-a-0-0-0) [Read More](https://hub.graduationalliance.com/blog/sel-skills-q-and-a-0-0-0) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://hub.graduationalliance.com/blog/sel-skills-q-and-a-0-0-0#comments-listing) Topics: [dropout prevention](https://hub.graduationalliance.com/blog/topic/dropout-prevention), [indicators of students at-risk](https://hub.graduationalliance.com/blog/topic/indicators-of-students-at-risk) ## [‘It’s hard’ but working together, we can help students develop vital life skills](https://hub.graduationalliance.com/blog/sel-skills-q-and-a) Posted by [Rebekah Richards](https://hub.graduationalliance.com/blog/author/rebekah-richards) on October 25, 2017 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://hub.graduationalliance.com/hubfs/GA%20Approved%20Stock%20Images/Images%20for%20Campaign%207/iStock-493171619.jpg)](https://hub.graduationalliance.com/blog/sel-skills-q-and-a) How do you teach vital life skills like developing purpose, making goals, staying motivated in the face of adversity, self-efficacy, and social connectedness? That’s a question we recently put to Dr. Scott Solberg, a professor of counseling psychology and applied human development at Boston University, and Graduation Alliance’s resident expert on social-emotional learning. [Read More](https://hub.graduationalliance.com/blog/sel-skills-q-and-a) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://hub.graduationalliance.com/blog/sel-skills-q-and-a#comments-listing) Topics: [dropout prevention](https://hub.graduationalliance.com/blog/topic/dropout-prevention), [indicators of students at-risk](https://hub.graduationalliance.com/blog/topic/indicators-of-students-at-risk) ## [Goal-setting is hard for many students, but it couldn’t be more important.](https://hub.graduationalliance.com/blog/goal-setting-is-important) Posted by [Rebekah Richards](https://hub.graduationalliance.com/blog/author/rebekah-richards) on October 17, 2017 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://hub.graduationalliance.com/hubfs/GA-Blog%20Image.jpeg)](https://hub.graduationalliance.com/blog/goal-setting-is-important) Jonathan didn’t know how to set goals.   That might seem strange to some folks — goal-setting is just a matter of picking something you want and going after it, right? But educators understand that, for many young people, attaching an objective to the steps needed to achieve that objective is as foreign as another language. [Read More](https://hub.graduationalliance.com/blog/goal-setting-is-important) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://hub.graduationalliance.com/blog/goal-setting-is-important#comments-listing) Topics: [dropout prevention](https://hub.graduationalliance.com/blog/topic/dropout-prevention), [indicators of students at-risk](https://hub.graduationalliance.com/blog/topic/indicators-of-students-at-risk) ## [How to know a student will drop out — three years ahead](https://hub.graduationalliance.com/blog/how-to-know-a-student-will-drop-out-three-years-ahead) Posted by [Rebekah Richards](https://hub.graduationalliance.com/blog/author/rebekah-richards) on October 9, 2017 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://hub.graduationalliance.com/hubfs/2017%20Stock%20Images/worried%20student%20in%20classroom.jpg)](https://hub.graduationalliance.com/blog/how-to-know-a-student-will-drop-out-three-years-ahead) Jessica was a straight-A student. She always attended school. Her behavior was excellent. But we knew she was at risk of dropping out.   We knew before her teachers knew. We knew before her parents knew. We even knew before *Jessica* knew. [Read More](https://hub.graduationalliance.com/blog/how-to-know-a-student-will-drop-out-three-years-ahead) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://hub.graduationalliance.com/blog/how-to-know-a-student-will-drop-out-three-years-ahead#comments-listing) Topics: [dropout prevention](https://hub.graduationalliance.com/blog/topic/dropout-prevention), [indicators of students at-risk](https://hub.graduationalliance.com/blog/topic/indicators-of-students-at-risk) ## [Two reliable tips for early identification of at-risk students](https://hub.graduationalliance.com/blog/two-reliable-tips-for-early-identification-of-at-risk-students) Posted by [Greg Harp](https://hub.graduationalliance.com/blog/author/greg-harp) on August 25, 2017 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://hub.graduationalliance.com/hubfs/Stock%20images/Lonely%20student%20being%20bullied%20by%20her%20peers%20at%20the%20university.jpeg)](https://hub.graduationalliance.com/blog/two-reliable-tips-for-early-identification-of-at-risk-students) Wow. The response to our campaign to share some easy-to-monitor indicators for potentially at-risk students is going far better than we could have expected. Across the country, educators have been asking for our new tip sheet, and engaging with us about their ideas for how to better “see” potentially at-risk students before they’re even at-risk. [Read More](https://hub.graduationalliance.com/blog/two-reliable-tips-for-early-identification-of-at-risk-students) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://hub.graduationalliance.com/blog/two-reliable-tips-for-early-identification-of-at-risk-students#comments-listing) Topics: [dropout prevention](https://hub.graduationalliance.com/blog/topic/dropout-prevention), [indicators of students at-risk](https://hub.graduationalliance.com/blog/topic/indicators-of-students-at-risk) ## [Are D grades a dropout warning sign? It depends.](https://hub.graduationalliance.com/blog/are-d-grades-a-dropout-warning-sign-it-depends) Posted by [Greg Harp](https://hub.graduationalliance.com/blog/author/greg-harp) on August 21, 2017 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://hub.graduationalliance.com/hubfs/Stock%20images/Closeup%20portrait%20of%20angry%2c%20mad%2c%20pissed%20off%20handsome%20man%20in%20pink%20hoodie%20with%20arms%20crossed%20looking%20downwards%2c%20isolated%20on%20white%20background%20with%20copy%20space.jpeg)](https://hub.graduationalliance.com/blog/are-d-grades-a-dropout-warning-sign-it-depends) It’s common sense, really: Students who habitually eke out passing grades in middle school and the early years of high school are more likely to fail to receive credit in a class down the road. And in periods in which the incidence of dropping out increases — the junior and senior cohort years — a failure to earn credit for a class can be a major factor in a student’s decision to leave school before graduation. [Read More](https://hub.graduationalliance.com/blog/are-d-grades-a-dropout-warning-sign-it-depends) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://hub.graduationalliance.com/blog/are-d-grades-a-dropout-warning-sign-it-depends#comments-listing) Topics: [dropout prevention](https://hub.graduationalliance.com/blog/topic/dropout-prevention), [indicators of students at-risk](https://hub.graduationalliance.com/blog/topic/indicators-of-students-at-risk) ## [The One Vital Indicator of a Dropout that Almost No One Tracks](https://hub.graduationalliance.com/blog/the-vital-indicator-of-a-dropout-that-almost-no-one-tracks) Posted by [Greg Harp](https://hub.graduationalliance.com/blog/author/greg-harp) on August 14, 2017 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://hub.graduationalliance.com/hubfs/Stock%20images/Sad%20woman%20with%20depression%20sitting%20on%20the%20floor.jpeg)](https://hub.graduationalliance.com/blog/the-vital-indicator-of-a-dropout-that-almost-no-one-tracks) Research demonstrates that socioeconomic factors, the strength of parental relationships, non-cognitive skills development, and the presence of adult responsibilities in a student’s life can all be predictive of a student’s chances of dropping out. [Read More](https://hub.graduationalliance.com/blog/the-vital-indicator-of-a-dropout-that-almost-no-one-tracks) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://hub.graduationalliance.com/blog/the-vital-indicator-of-a-dropout-that-almost-no-one-tracks#comments-listing) Topics: [dropout prevention](https://hub.graduationalliance.com/blog/topic/dropout-prevention), [indicators of students at-risk](https://hub.graduationalliance.com/blog/topic/indicators-of-students-at-risk) [All posts](https://hub.graduationalliance.com/blog/all) [Next](https://hub.graduationalliance.com/blog/topic/indicators-of-students-at-risk/page/2) --- **[GRADUATION ALLIANCE](http://graduationalliance.com)** works to provide school districts the resources, support and flexibility needed to assist all students in reaching their educational goals. 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