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CLEMSON UNIVERSITY NEWSSTAND — Sandy Addis has been named director of the National Dropout Prevention Center/Network at Clemson University.

Addis joined the NDPC/N staff as associate director in 2013, bringing with him more than 40 years of experience in public education as a teacher, counselor, coach, principal, system-level https://dropoutprevention.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/C.W.-Gardenhire-pic.jpgistrator and regional educational service agency director.

Addis has https://dropoutprevention.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/C.W.-Gardenhire-pic.jpgistered a variety of dropout prevention initiatives throughout his career, including after-school programs, counseling and service-learning. A former alternative school principal, he has authored grant proposals to fund summer programs, professional learning, family engagement and character education. He also served as an adjunct instructor at several South Carolina and Georgia colleges and trained school boards and school systems on policy and leadership development.

“I am fortunate to be associated with the National Dropout Prevention Center/Network, our nation’s oldest and most utilized dropout prevention resource,” Addis said. “Clemson University established the NDPC/N in 1986 to address a critical issue. Today, more than 1,000 educators, community leaders and decision-makers look to us each day for information to improve graduation rates. We are committed to continue Clemson’s tradition of national service in the area of dropout prevention.”

“We are pleased that the NDPC/N has named Dr. Addis to this important leadership position,” said George Petersen, founding dean of Clemson’s Eugene T. Moore School of Education, which houses the center. “He is uniquely suited to lead the NDPC/N’s work in dropout prevention and support our efforts to serve underserved individuals, schools and communities.”

Addis earned a bachelor’s degree from Furman University, a master’s degree in education from Clemson University and a doctorate in education from S.C. State University. He has also served on numerous professional boards, testified before legislative committees and recently chaired the Educator Ethics Task Force of the Georgia Professional Standards Commission.

With a mission of increasing graduation rates, the NDPC/N shares solutions for student success and dropout prevention through its clearinghouse function, active research and evaluation projects, publications, and variety of professional development activities and conferences.

Read the article as it is originally printed in Clemson University Newsstand here.

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CLEMSON, SC — Bob Collins, former Superintendent of the Grossmont Union High School District, and retired Chief Academic Officer and Regional Superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified  School District, has been elected Chairman of the Board of the National Dropout Prevention Network, a national nonprofit agency located at Clemson University, Clemson, SC. Collins is a recognized national authority regarding dropout prevention program designs and implementation strategies. He is also a national and international expert on curriculum design, formative assessment, career tech education, and college preparation programs

Founded in 1986, the National Dropout Prevention Center/Network (NDPC/N) is the nation’s oldest and most recognized dropout prevention resource. It is a clearinghouse for research, information, data, and solutions that address one of our nation’s most serious social and economic issues. NDPC/N supports the dropout prevention efforts of educators, schools, school districts, states, and the federal government through research, national and international publications, professional development events, conferences, and training.

Their Web site, www.dropoutprevention.org, is the world’s most utilized resource for dropout prevention information. NDPC/N’s Fifteen Effective Strategies for Dropout Prevention are the foundation of national graduation rate improvement statutes in many states.

NDPC/N events include the annual National Dropout Prevention Network Conference, where practitioners from all states convene to learn from leaders in the field. The National Forum on Dropout Prevention for Native and Tribal Communities explores unique challenges of improving graduation rates among Native Americans, and specialty conferences such as Reaching the Wounded Student focus on strategies for serving our most-at-risk youth. NDPC/N’s work touches all 50 states and a number of foreign countries.

The NDPC/N also regularly publishes newsletters and journals on dropout prevention, maintains a Model Programs Database, and has a National Dropout Prevention Specialist Certification Program that provides job-embedded professional development and recognition for those who address this issue in their daily work. The National Dropout Prevention Center/Network is a significant resource in addressing the issue of dropout prevention and recovery in our country today.

The NDPC/N provides ongoing resources and state-of-the-art programs, both in school and outside of school, to change student behavior and reengage at-risk students in learning. This includes early in-class and in-school intervention curriculum, counseling and community support programs, career-tech programs, family engagement models and mentoring designs. All of these models are designed to bring about change in schools and districts in how we address at-risk students.

For more information on your school or district becoming a member of the National Dropout Prevention Network, or for more information regarding utilizing NDPC/N’s resources and professional services in addressing your school’s dropout issues, contact ndpc@clemson.edu, visit www.dropoutprevention.org, or call 864 656-2599.

CLEMSON, SC — The technical report of a new, major research study of dropout prevention strategies provides evidence of the effectiveness of these strategies in addition to presenting educators with valid scientific evidence that will enable them to select the best options for combating dropout problems in their schools and school districts.NDPC/N logo

The widely anticipated study and its resulting technical report, “A Meta-Analysis of Dropout Prevention Outcomes and Strategies,” provides previously unavailable guidance to teachers, principals, school districts and boards in their selection of dropout tools and can assist decision-makers target the distribution of scarce dropout prevention funds. It also is hoped that the application of these findings will positively impact the nation’s ongoing effort to improve graduation rates.

The report was authored by Shanan Chappell Moots, research assistant professor in The Center for Educational Partnerships at Old Dominion University’s Darden College of Education. Chappell Moots also is a research fellow with the National Dropout Prevention Center/Network (NDPC/N) at Clemson University.

In that capacity, she was the lead researcher in a multi-organization team, including faculty from Kent State University and Clemson, investigating the efficacy of dropout prevention strategies using meta-analysis and meta-regression methodologies. The strategies researched by Chappell Moots and team included mentoring, family engagement and behavioral interventions, among several others.

“Until now, there have been no published analyses of how the dropout rate varies by particular program strategy,” Chappell Moots said. “In our analysis, we examined how well each strategy predicts the dropout rate. While we have built upon decades of research in the dropout prevention field, this is what differentiates our study from what others have done.”

“A Meta-Analysis of Dropout Prevention Outcomes and Strategies” further confirms NDPC/N’s “15 Effective Strategies for Dropout Prevention” identified and defined decades ago by Jay Smink, NDPC/N director from 1986 to 2012. Smink also contributed the foreword to the new report, providing a history of the identification of the 15 strategies used today in at least 32 states’ school dropout prevention plans.

“We are excited about the release of this report and its ability to help schools and school districts shape their dropout prevention efforts,” said George J. Petersen, founding dean of the Eugene T. Moore School of Education at Clemson University, which houses NDPC/N. “Such efforts are not only critical to improving graduation rates, but also have far-reaching consequences related to employment, health and overall wellbeing. Our school is pleased to be a part of a study that helps serve schools and communities in this way.”

“This report will substantially enhance our collaborations with schools and other partners and will be a significant resource for others working in the field,” said John A. Nunnery, executive director of The Center for Educational Partnerships at Old Dominion. “The report also poignantly demonstrates the need for additional rigorous research on dropout prevention — of over 500 studies reviewed, only about one in 10 was sufficiently well-designed to include in a scientific synthesis of outcomes.”

“We are fortunate to be affiliated with research fellows like Dr. Chappell Moots who are well-versed in the dropout issue, highly skilled in statistical analysis and willing to devote personal energies to developing new tools and information to address one of our nation’s most critical social and economic issues: the dropout problem,” said NDPC/N Interim Director Sandy Addis.

Chappell Moots’s research colleagues on “A Meta-Analysis of Dropout Prevention Outcomes and Strategies” included Patrick O’Connor, associate professor in the College of Teaching Learning and Curriculum Studies at Kent State University; Cairen Withington, assistant director at the National Dropout Prevention Center/Network; and Dolores A. Stegelin, professor of teacher education and early childhood education at Clemson.

The full report, including resources and citations, is available at www.dropoutprevention.org/major-research-reports/meta-analysis.