National Dropout Prevention Center Announces Achieve3000 as Innovation Partner
Innovation Partners’ Missions Support and Enhance National Dropout Prevention Center’s Work Anderson, SC—(August 9, 2018)—The National Dropout Prevention Center announces Achieve3000, a provider of online education-related professional learning experiences, as its latest Innovation Partner. Innovation Partners are businesses, individuals or companies whose dedication in advancing efforts to reduce dropout rates nationwide align closely with the […]
America Is Powered by Graduates—And There Aren’t Enough of Them
By Dr. Sandy Addis, Director, National Dropout Prevention Center Anderson, S.C. (August 7, 2018) – The American economy is prospering, it’s back-to-school time, October is National Dropout Prevention Month, and our future depends on how we understand and connect the three. Multiple indicators reflect a welcome degree of prosperity in many sectors of the American economy. […]
High school dropout rates in South Carolina: Ranking every school and district
Sandy Addis, director of the National Dropout Prevention Center, a national nonprofit organization that provides research and guidance on the issue, said a more accurate measure on the dropout issue used by educators is the high school graduation rate. “It’s a measure of high school completion,” he said. “But it’s not totally a high school […]
Sandy Addis quoted as SC lawmakers look for ways to cut school dropout rate
By Lindsay Street, Statehouse correspondent | An increase in high school students dropping out is prompting questions of what the state can do to stanch the rate. “We can’t just let these kids keep falling through the cracks,” S.C. Rep. Lin Bennett told Statehouse Report. The Charleston Republican serves on the House Education and Public Works […]
National Dropout Prevention Center and the Institute for Evidence-Based Decision-Making in Education (EDIE) Partnership Announced
National Dropout Prevention Center and the Institute for Evidence-Based Decision-Making in Education (EDIE) Partnership Announced Research Fellows to Play Key Role in Continuing EDIE Mission Anderson, S.C. (August 1, 2018) – The National Dropout Prevention Center (NDPC), the nation’s leading dropout prevention resource, announces its partnership with the Institute for Evidence-Based Decision-Making in Education (EDIE), […]
National Dropout Prevention Center Joins National Innovation Initiative
The National Dropout Prevention Center (NDPC) has found that a concentrated, leadership-driven focus on overarching student outcome goals produces improved graduation rates of local school systems. For that reason, NDPC encourages local school districts to join the 2018-19 Innovation and Transformational Leadership Network offered by the American Association of School Administrators (AASA) and to consider […]
Preventing dropouts among pregnant, parenting students Programs work to ensure education for young people amid big challenges
During her sophomore year of high school, Leslie Belmontes found out she was pregnant. Not feeling like she could continue at her traditional high school, Northglenn High, Belmontes transferred to New American School in Thornton for her junior year. She thought the non-traditional school would be a better choice for her to continue her education […]
Nation’s Leading School Improvement Non-Profits Join Forces
Nation’s Leading School Improvement Non-Profits Join Forces National Dropout Prevention Center Merges With Successful Practices Network Anderson, SC—(June 13, 2018)—The states of South Carolina and New York have formally approved the merger of two nationally recognized non-profit organizations that have historically guided and supported much of the nation’s school improvement efforts. This merger brings together […]
National Dropout Prevention Network Board Member Chosen to Helm Nationwide Education Company
National Dropout Prevention Network Board Member Chosen to Helm Nationwide Education Company Stuart Udell, Longtime Board Member, Now CEO of Achieve3000 Anderson, SC—(May 2, 2018)—Stuart Udell, longtime National Dropout Prevention Network (NDPN) Board member and former Board Chair, has been named the Chief Executive Officer of Achieve3000, a company that developed an advanced online model […]