This program comes to you as a public service of the National Dropout Prevention Center. There is no fee, and no registration is required. You may listen to the program and view the supplementary materials using only your computer. 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 has been sponsored by K12 Inc., Fuel Education, Penn Foster, and Clemson University Broadcast Productions. View a full list of episodes.
Dropout Prevention Through Career and College Readiness
Aired on: December 12th, 2017
Join Dr. Sandy Addis, Director of the National Dropout Prevention Center/ Network (NDPC/N), as host and Mr. Tommy Stephens, NDPC/N Project Leader, as cohost as they discuss college and career readiness and its implications for dropout prevention. Guests interviews include representatives of successful college and career readiness programs from schools in three states, including a… Read More »
Ensuring All Students Succeed: The Imperative for a Learning Supports Framework
Aired on: November 14th, 2017
As the Carnegie Council Task Force on Education of Young Adolescents (1989) stressed, “While school systems are not responsible for meeting every need of their students, when the need directly affects learning, the school must meet the challenge.” For all students to have the opportunity to succeed, what has to be done in schools to… Read More »
Student Voice, Straight Talk, and a Culture of Hope
Aired on: October 10th, 2017
What happens when warning systems point to barriers outside of the school’s control—barriers such as transiency, family changes, poverty, immigration, addiction, mental health? In this webcast, participants will learn how one Georgia high school is leveraging community partnerships, as well as state and federal resources, to holistically meet the academic, social/emotional, and family needs of… Read More »
Coalition of Caring: Developing a Trauma-Sensitive School Culture
Aired on: September 12th, 2017
Join our presenter as he discusses the community of learners approach he and an urban high school team of concerned educators and mental health professionals followed as they set out on a journey to address the toxic stress levels of students in their school. The presenter will share the resources and research the team compiled,… Read More »
A School and Police Department Partnership
Aired on: August 8th, 2017
Join presenters from Fountain-Fort Carson School District 8 and the Fountain Police Department, both located in Colorado, as they discuss their pioneering proactive model partnership that focuses on the whole child and the whole community in an effort to increase school safety. The partnership is committed to directly support school safety by creating positive law… Read More »
Creating a Trauma-Informed Care School
Aired on: July 11th, 2017
Join presenters from Pueblo, Colorado, in a discussion that explores the clinical framework behind how the human brain processes trauma, how an understanding of this framework can be leveraged by those who work with at-risk students to help those students succeed, and how one Colorado school with a high percentage of at-risk students realized success… Read More »
Talking Student Engagement
Aired on: June 13th, 2017
Student engagement is an effective approach to dropout prevention that aligns with the National Dropout Prevention Center/Network’s 15 Effective Strategies. This webcast defines student engagement, shares research demonstrating the positive impacts on students, identifies conditions needed for schools to support student engagement, and provides specific strategies that can be integrated into classrooms and identifies corresponding… Read More »
Reducing Dropout Among Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students
Aired on: May 9th, 2017
Our American society is more diverse now and the numbers of culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) students is on the increase. A National Center for Education Statistics 2014 estimate (Education Week, 2014) has minority schoolchildren making up approximately 50.3% of school enrollment. This means that the culturally and linguistically diverse student who used to be in the minority… Read More »
Increasing Support Systems for High-Potential At-Risk Learners in Rural Areas
Aired on: April 11th, 2017
Gifted and high potential learners attending rural schools are often isolated and underserved. What can be done to prepare educators, https://dropoutprevention.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/C.W.-Gardenhire-pic.jpgistrators, families, and communities to recognize and respond to the unique needs of these at-risk students? In this webcast, representatives of the Minnesota Department of Education will discuss Project North Star, a federal research grant… Read More »