In every high school there are students that are practicing behaviors that are keeping them in school.
In every high school there are teachers, administrators, and parents practicing behaviors that are keeping students in school.
The Positive Deviance Approach is a quick, low cost method to identify behaviors and practices that keep students in school and encourages the rest of student community to adopt them
The Positive Deviance Approach has been used successfully in a variety of different venues and conditions.
The potential for the Positive Deviance Approach to reduce high school dropouts is vast and largely untapped