A very insightful view of the challenges by Franklin Schargel, a Former Teacher, School Counselor and School Administrator, appeared in a recent Huffing Post. In it Schargel names and discusses 5 main reasons kids drop out of school:

1. The students themselves
2. The families they come from
3. The community they come from
4. The school they attend
5. The teachers they have

Read the full article here.