In Washington, DC, only 69 percent of public school students graduate from high school on time. Many factors influence that low rate. One of the most important ones is whether the people around the students expect them to succeed. So, for the past 40 years, a DC organization has stepped in to give around 10,000 students the support and positive environment they need to thrive. This organization, called Higher Achievement, provides students a welcoming space, help with classwork, and caring mentors. More than 95 percent of students who complete Higher Achievement graduate from high school on time. Katherine Roboff is the group’s executive director in the DC area. She gives several reasons for the group’s success. One is timing. Higher Achievement does not work with students who are already in high school. It works with students in middle school. They start Higher Achievement at fifth or sixth grade in the U.S., that is usually ages 11 or 12. Roboff says research shows that if students are doing well academically in eighth gradearound age 13they will have a greater chance of graduating from high school and going to college. In other words, what happens in middle school has a huge impact. The years between ages 10 and 13 may affect a student’s future more than anything that happens academically in high school.
Title: After-School Program May Hold Secret to Success
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1689/after_school.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='After-School Program May Hold Secret to Success' data-article-id='2207'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='8354'>In Washington, DC, only 69 percent of public school students graduate from high school on time.</span> <span data-start-time='8354' data-end-time='11958'>Many factors influence that low rate.</span> <span data-start-time='11958' data-end-time='19292'>One of the most important ones is whether the people around the students expect them to succeed.</span> <span data-start-time='19292' data-end-time='32958'>So, for the past 40 years, a DC organization has stepped in to give around 10,000 students the support and positive environment they need to thrive.</span> <span data-start-time='32958' data-end-time='43792'>This organization, called Higher Achievement, provides students a welcoming space, help with classwork, and caring mentors.</span> <span data-start-time='43792' data-end-time='51333'>More than 95 percent of students who complete Higher Achievement graduate from high school on time.</span> <span data-start-time='51333' data-end-time='56250'>Katherine Roboff is the group’s executive director in the DC area.</span> <span data-start-time='56250' data-end-time='60104'>She gives several reasons for the group’s success.</span> <span data-start-time='60104' data-end-time='62104'>One is timing. </span> <span data-start-time='62104' data-end-time='67667'>Higher Achievement does not work with students who are already in high school.</span> <span data-start-time='67667' data-end-time='70854'>It works with students in middle school.</span> <span data-start-time='70854' data-end-time='81208'>They start Higher Achievement at fifth or sixth grade in the U.S., that is usually ages 11 or 12.</span> <span data-start-time='81208' data-end-time='95500'>Roboff says research shows that if students are doing well academically in eighth gradearound age 13they will have a greater chance of graduating from high school and going to college.</span> <span data-start-time='95500' data-end-time='101771'>In other words, what happens in middle school has a huge impact.</span> <span data-start-time='101771' data-end-time='110792'>The years between ages 10 and 13 may affect a student’s future more than anything that happens academically in high school.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' 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