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Hispanic High School Dropouts: Their Unheard Voices Walden University ScholarWorks Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies Collection 2015 Hispanic High School Dropouts: Their nheU ard Voices Cheryl Ann Clayton-Molina Walden University Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations Part of the Pre-Elementary, Early Childhood, Kindergarten Teacher Education Commons, and the Race, Ethnicity and Post-Colonial Studies Commons This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies Collection at ScholarWorks. It has been accepted for inclusion in Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Walden University College of Social and Behavioral Sciences This is to certify that the doctoral dissertation by Cheryl Clayton-Molina has been found to be complete and satisfactory in all respects, and that any and all revisions required by the review committee have been made. Review Committee Dr. Donald McLellan, Committee Chairperson, Public Policy and Administration Faculty Dr. Darragh Callahan, Committee Member, Public Policy and Administration Faculty Dr. Mark Stallo, University Reviewer, Public Policy and Administration Faculty Chief Academic Officer Eric Riedel, Ph.D. Walden University 2015 Abstract Hispanic High School Dropouts: Their Unheard Voices by Cheryl Ann Clayton-Molina MA, Albany State University, 2004 BA, Albany State University, 2002 Dissertation Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy Public Policy and Administration Walden University January 2015 Abstract America is in the midst of a high school dropout crisis that will cost $3 trillion in lost wages over the lifetime of the 12 million students who are predicted to drop out. Each year, in an America’s northern states, approximately 10,000 students drop out of high school; the majority of these students are Hispanic. Guided by Ogbu’s cultural-ecological theory of academic disengagement, the purpose of this phenomenological study was to understand the experiences of Hispanics who dropped out of high school and their rationales for dropping out.. Eight Hispanic dropouts in a local community were interviewed. The interviews were transcribed and interrogated via inductive analysis. Findings in this study show that the system and community forces that impeded academic achievement were in similar to those of Ogbu’s findings. However, contrary to this theory, the participants in this study did not report any discrimination. The participants dropped out due to academic difficulties, early parenthood, and a lack of parental support. Hispanics’ perspectives are needed if administrators and other stakeholders are to develop and apply ethnically skilled policies and performances that could be effective in accommodating Hispanics’ educational needs. Reducing Hispanics’ high school dropout rates will benefit taxpayers by providing substantial economic return. Guided by these findings, the school board will be equipped to support their educators, which in return could produce quality academic performance among Hispanic students. Hispanic High School Dropouts: Unheard Voices by Cheryl Ann Clayton-Molina MA, Albany State University, 2004 BA, Albany State University, 2002 Dissertation Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy Public Policy and Administration Walden University January 2015 Acknowledgments First and for most, to the one above all others, the Omnipresent God; You answered my prayers and gave me the strength to push onward. Thanks to my Committee Chairperson, Dr. Donald McLellan and my Committee Member Dr. Darragh Callahan. This dissertation would not have been possible without your guidance. Thanks for your valuable assistance in the preparation and completion of this study. To my family: A special thanks to my late mother, Dorothy Jean Jackson, for your many prayers and late nights of encouragement; to my father, Johnny Lee Jackson for your daily support; to David Molina, my friend and husband, whom I am so magnificently blessed to have had by my side from the beginning to the end - I love you very much; to my siblings, Barbara Hillmon and Brenda Jackson, and Larry Jackson - without your support, prayers, and late night encouragements, I would not have made it; and finally to Kayonne, Kelsey, and Terry - your prayers were answered. I love you all for your support and prayers. Dr. Cheryl Clayton-Molina Table of Contents List of Tables .......................................................................................................................v Acknowledgment ……………………………………………………………………...…vi Chapter 1: Introduction to the Study ....................................................................................1 Background of the Problem ..........................................................................................1 Problem Statement .........................................................................................................3 Purpose of the Study ......................................................................................................7 Nature of the Study ........................................................................................................7 Research Questions ........................................................................................................8 Conceptual framework ..................................................................................................8 Definition of Terms......................................................................................................10 Assumptions, Limitations, Scope, and Delimitations .................................................11 Significance of the Study ............................................................................................12 Summary .....................................................................................................................14 Chapter 2: Literature Review ............................................................................................16 Introduction ..................................................................................................................16 Literature related to Method ........................................................................................16 Conceptual Framework ...............................................................................................17 Hispanics in America ...................................................................................................20 Hispanics in American Public Schools ........................................................................20 Hispanics School Performance ..............................................................................21 High School Dropout Trend ..................................................................................23 i Contributing Factors leading Hispanics to drop out of High School ..........................25 Teenage Pregnancy ...............................................................................................27 Poor School Performance .....................................................................................28 Lack of Teachers' Concern ...................................................................................30 Language Barrier ..................................................................................................32 Consequences of Dropping out of High School ...................................................34 Impact on Dropouts .....................................................................................................34 Loss of Income .......................................................................................................35 Crime .....................................................................................................................36 Societal Implications .............................................................................................37 Summary .....................................................................................................................40 Chapter 3: Research Method ..............................................................................................42 Introduction .................................................................................................................42 Research Design and Approach ..................................................................................43 Setting ..........................................................................................................................44 M Public School District Profile .................................................................................45 Ethical Protection ........................................................................................................45 Population and Sample ...............................................................................................46 Data Collection ...........................................................................................................46 Data Analysis ..............................................................................................................47 Validity .......................................................................................................................49
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