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Dropout Prevention Update
December 1, 2008 — Volume 8, Number 6
National Dropout Prevention Center/Network

CONTENTS

Top Stories | Sound Connections | Videos | Funding Sources | Policy  
Updates | International Notes | Effective Strategies | Resources and  
Tools | Feedback

Join us in Clearwater, Florida, for the Effective Strategies Institute  
on Dropout Prevention and Florida’s America’s Promise Summit, January  
12-16, 2009, or in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, for the 21st Annual  
At-Risk Youth National FORUM, February 15-18, 2009.
http://www.dropoutprevention.org/ndpcdefault.htm

Top Stories

America's Promise Alliance recently commissioned Grad Nation, a new  
tool comprising the best evidence-based practices for keeping young  
people in school paired with suggestions for effectively preparing  
them for life after high school.
http://www.americaspromise.org/uploadedFiles/AmericasPromiseAlliance/Dropout_Crisis/Graduation_Nation/GradNation_Guidebook_11-08.pdf

In his farewell address, departing CEO of the Corporation for National  
and Community Service, David Eisner, stated that a large-scale  
mobilization of volunteers could have an especially profound impact on  
the high school dropout crisis.
http://www.usafreedomcorps.gov/about_usafc/newsroom/speeches_dynamic.asp?ID=2052

Sound Connections

The recent Solutions to the Dropout Crisis presentation on Tuesday,  
November 25, 2008, on the strategy of Middle College High Schools,  
with our guest, Dr. Terry Grier, is now archived online and also  
available as a podcast on iTunes. Included with the program are some  
excellent resources and a bonus: a 2-part video of the Solutions  
Team’s site visit to three of Guilford County, NC, middle college high  
schools.
http://www.dropoutprevention.org/webcast

A program note: Solutions to the Dropout Crisis will begin its second  
year in January, with a date change. We will now be broadcasting live  
on the second Tuesday of each month, so mark your calendars for the  
January 13th broadcast. Upcoming programs will include such topics as  
Parent Involvement, Career Technical Education, and Virtual Learning.

Videos

This video clip illustrates how schools can help boys thrive. Then  
meet author/researcher Peg Tyre as she talks about the issues related  
to educating boys.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/26657112#26657112

“It might surprise parents to learn that it is not a waste of time for  
their teens to hang out online,” says Mizuko Ito, University of  
California, Irvine, researcher and the lead author of the most  
extensive U.S. study to date on teens and their use of digital media.
http://www.macfound.org/site/c.lkLXJ8MQKrH/b.4773383/

Funding Sources

The Clearinghouse on Expanding and Sustaining Youth Programs and  
Policies contains information and resources for supporting and  
sustaining youth programs and initiatives.
http://financeproject.org/index.cfm?page=30

Finding Resources to Support Mentoring Programs and Services for  
Youth. This brief highlights three strategies that leaders and  
stakeholders can use to finance and sustain mentoring programs and  
services for youth.
http://www.financeproject.org/publications/FindingResources-MentoringPrograms.pdf

Policy Updates

The National Study of the Prevalence of Community Service and Service- 
Learning in K-12 Public Schools collected data on the scope of  
community service and service-learning activities, as well as the  
policies and supports for service-learning provided by and for schools  
during the 2007-08 academic year.
http://www.nationalservice.gov/pdf/08_1112_lsa_prevalence.pdf

International Notes

Watch this lecture at UC-Santa Barbara by Greg Mortenson, author of  
Three Cups of Tea, and learn about his efforts to build schools,  
mostly for girls, in remote areas in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdqVoNtJZfU&NR=1

Effective Strategies

School-Community Collaboration

New York State Children and Family Services Commissioner Gladys  
Carrion, Esq., describes that state’s Children's Plan with setting  
“the course for a new way of delivering services and engaging with  
children and families that stresses prevention and early investments  
in what works.”
http://www.omh.state.ny.us/omhweb/engage/childrens_plan.pdf

Educational Technology

Keeping Pace with K-12 Online Learning looks at two areas of virtual  
schooling: state-led online programs and state-level policies  
governing online education, and the ways that the two intersect.
http://www.nacol.org/docs/Keeping%20Pace%20with%20K-12%20Online%20Learning%202006.pdf

Career and Technical Education

Integrating academic learning into career and technical education  
(CTE) classes can be challenging for educators and curriculum  
developers but can be aided by securing detailed feedback from CTE  
teachers, according to a new study by Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
http://www.mathematica-mpr.com/publications/redirect_pubsdb.asp?strSite=pdfs/cet.pdf

Closing the Graduation Gap: A Superintendent's Guide for Planning  
Multiple Pathways to Graduation. The approach is referred to  
collectively as Multiple Pathways to Graduation. More than a program,  
this framework represents a new way of envisioning the path towards  
graduation.
http://www.ytfg.org/mpgresources/closing-the-graduation-gap-color.pdf

Professional Development

A new study published by Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. concludes  
that more intensive—and expensive—mentoring and professional  
development for new teachers has little impact on teacher retention,  
classroom practice, or student achievement in the teacher's first year.
http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/pdf/20094034.pdf

Resources and Tools

Relationships, Rigor, and Readiness: Strategies for Improving High  
Schools, a new report from MDRC, summarizes the 2007 conference  
findings of 22 school districts convened by MDRC.
http://www.mdrc.org/publications/498/full.pdf

In Measuring Skills for the 21st Century, Senior Policy Analyst Elena  
Silva argues that skills for the 21st century can indeed be measured  
accurately and can serve as common metrics of student achievement.
http://www.educationsector.org/usr_doc/MeasuringSkills.pdf

Feedback

We appreciate comments from our readers. We invite new subscribers to  
receive the Dropout Prevention Update. Please contact us at ndpc at clemson.edu 
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Sources: SMHP, ECS, All4Ed, PEN Weekly NewsBlast, AYPF, YSA, YouTube

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