ACTIVE SEARCH AND SCHOOL MANAGEMENT AS STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUT

Abstract

High school dropout is a complex educational phenomenon associated with social, economic, family, school, and institutional conditions that accumulate throughout students’ educational trajectories. This article analyzes active search and school management as strategies for early identification of risk situations, attendance monitoring, and the construction of responses capable of supporting student retention. The discussion was developed through bibliographic and documentary research based on scientific studies, official data, and institutional publications. The findings indicate that active search creates better monitoring conditions when integrated into school routines, systematic use of information, and coordination with the protection network. In this context, school management needs to organize monitoring flows, student listening procedures, dialogue with families, and intersectoral referrals, avoiding explanations that attribute dropout only to individual student behavior. The analysis indicates that addressing school dropout requires preventive actions, continuous monitoring, and responses built from the concrete causes affecting each student, with special attention to transition and retention in high school.