It provides a comprehensive framework to help communities design
local dropout prevention efforts as well as 16 downloadable tools that communities can use immediately.
It provides a comprehensive framework to help communities design local
dropout prevention efforts as well as 16 downloadable tools that communities can use immediately.
A 2002 General Accounting Office report summed up twenty years of
federal dropout prevention efforts by noting that the few that had been rigorously evaluated showed mixed results.
Joanna Fox of the Everyone Graduates Center at Johns Hopkins University reviews research related to community partnerships that support keeping students in school and on track to graduation, provided snapshots of community and non-profit
organizations dropout prevention efforts, and shares success stories of a few schools and districts — Dothan City Schools, Alabama; Harris County Schools in Houston, Texas; and New York City Schools.
After retiring as executive director of the National Dropout Prevention Center in 2011, he continues to
impact dropout prevention efforts in countless schools nationwide.
Solutions to the Dropout Crisis airs on the second Tuesday of every month at 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time, covering a variety of topics related to
dropout prevention efforts.
Solutions to the Dropout Crisis airs on the second Tuesday of every month at 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time and covers a variety of topics related to
dropout prevention efforts.
An opportunity is available for 3 additional counties to receive AmeriCorps members that provide mentoring services to at - risk students and support
their dropout prevention efforts.