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Bill Dagget – Full Bio

Bill Daggett is the founder of both the Successful Practices Network and the International Center for Leadership in Education. He recently co-chaired the AASA LEARNING 2025: National Commission for Student-Centered, Equity-Focused, Future-Driven Education and is now leading the National Demonstration Network for AASA. Dr. Daggett is recognized worldwide for his proven ability to move preK-12 […]

NDPC Fellows Program

In 2012, Dr. Sam Drew, Interim Executive Director of the National Dropout Prevention Center/Network (NDPC/N) announced the inauguration of the NDPC/N Fellows Program. The goal of the NDPC/N Fellows is to contribute to the National Dropout Prevention Center at Clemson University and the National Dropout Prevention Network in achieving their mission to increase the high […]

Dropping out of school is a process, not an event, study says

CLEMSON, S.C. – It takes more than a day to drop out of school. It also takes more than a day to prevent it. A new study of the best research on dropout prevention shows that a single event rarely causes a child to drop out of school. Dropping out almost always is the result […]