National Dropout Prevention Center/Network Releases New Resources to Improve Rural Graduation Rates
National Dropout Prevention Center/Network Releases New Resources to Improve Rural Graduation Rates Resources Available Online at No Cost CLEMSON, S.C. (July 26, 2017) – The National Dropout Prevention Center/Network (NDPC/N) at Clemson University has just released four new tools to help rural schools and districts improve graduation rates. The resources are available to educators […]
National Dropout Prevention Center Announces Online Courses for Educators
Online Courses Provide Professional Development in Dropout Prevention Strategies CLEMSON, S.C. (May 9, 2017) – The National Dropout Prevention Center (NDPC) is pleased to announce that online courses in research-based strategies for improving graduation rates are now available to educators, https://dropoutprevention.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/C.W.-Gardenhire-pic.jpgistrators, legislators, researchers, and others who share a common goal of continuing to reduce the […]
2017 Building a Grad Nation Report
Release date: May 3, 2017 Special Research Report: 2017 Building a Grad Nation Report: Progress and Challenges in Raising High School Graduation Rates Authored by Civic Enterprises and the Everyone Graduates Center at Johns Hopkins University in partnership with the Alliance for Excellent Education and America’s Promise Alliance
National Dropout Prevention Center/Network Announces EdisonLearning as Model Programs Database Sponsor
National Dropout Prevention Center/Network Announces EdisonLearning as Model Programs Database Sponsor Sponsorship Enables Expansion of Searchable Online Database of Model Programs Addressing School Dropout Prevention CLEMSON, S.C. (April 26, 2017) – The National Dropout Prevention Center/Network (NDPC/N) announces EdisonLearning as the sponsor for its dropout prevention, recovery and reentry model programs database. The database is […]
Mark Strassmann from the CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley visits the National Dropout Prevention Center/Network
Mark Strassmann from the CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley visits the National Dropout Prevention Center/Network (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVdRJ1Ntcww). Mark’s visit was spurred by data on increased mortality rates (particularly due to drug overdose, suicide, and alcoholic-related liver issues) among those with a high-school degree or less, as reported in a Brookings Papers on Economic Activity Conference Draft, Mortality and […]
Commissioner Jerome Singleton Presented the Governor and Mrs. Richard W. Riley Award of Excellence in Dropout Prevention
South Carolina High School League Commissioner Recognized for Support of Interscholastic Athletics’ Role in Dropout Prevention CLEMSON, S.C. (February 23, 2017) – Jerome Singleton, Commissioner of the South Carolina High School League, is the 2017 recipient of the Governor and Mrs. Richard W. Riley Award of Excellence in Dropout Prevention from the National Dropout Prevention […]
Dr. Edward Lee Vargas Named Outstanding Educator by the Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents (ALAS)
WASHINGTON, D.C.—February 24, 2017—The Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents (ALAS) will honor Dr. Edward Lee Vargas, a nationally recognized educator and speaker, with the Outstanding Educator Award at its 12th Annual ALAS Recognition Reception on March 3, 2017, at the Hilton New Orleans Riverside. A former ALAS Board member and President, Dr. Edward Lee […]
National Dropout Prevention Center/Network Releases Position Paper Identifying Importance of Student Engagement in Reducing Dropout Rates
Wednesday, February 8th, 2017 Aligning Students’ Personal Commitment and Stakeholders’ Roles Key to Preventing Disengagement Clemson, S.C. (February 8, 2017) – The National Dropout Prevention Center/Network (NDPC/N) has published a position paper, Weaving Student Engagement Into the Core Practices of Schools, in collaboration with Teri Dary, Anderson Williams and NDPC/N Research Fellows Terry Pickeral and Robert Shumer. Recognizing […]
Viewpoints: Solving Arizona’s high-school dropout problem
by Bob Collins and Sari Factor Last year Arizona’s high-school graduation rate ranked 44th of 50 states. Despite the country’s overall progress towards record graduation rates – 82.3 percent last year – Arizona is struggling to keep up, with a rate of 77.4 percent. The prospect of graduating is even dimmer for students of color in […]