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Download full textNew Mexico Public Education Department, 2021
The purpose of this guidebook is to provide guidance to school districts in completing their local Tribal Education Status Report (TESR). Any data that is reported in the local TESRs has to comply with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) (20 U.S.C. ยง 1232g; 34 CFR Part 99) which is a Federal law that protects the privacy of…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Tribes, Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation
Direct linkChappell, Shanan L.; O'Connor, Patrick; Withington, Cairen; Stegelin, Dolores A. – National Dropout Prevention Center/Network, 2015
Almost from the start of the public schools system in America, students have been leaving school without high school diplomas. However, the dropout issue did not rise to the level of significance it has today until the early 1980s, when social pressures, along with business leaders, leveraged their influence on educators to address the dropout…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Dropout Prevention, At Risk Students, Business
Jobs for the Future, 2014
Nationally, more than one million youth drop out of high school each year. One in four young people do not graduate with their age mates. Thus, in recent years, national leaders have directed sustained attention to what they term the "dropout crisis," particularly in high schools that are graduating less than two-thirds of their…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Dropout Prevention, High School Students, Graduation Rate
Levin, Ben – Corwin, 2012
"More High School Graduates" is a comprehensive guide for school leaders and government policymakers committed to boosting high school graduation rates. Drawing from his knowledge as an education official and professor, author Ben Levin presents a system to turn around secondary schools that is adaptable for local-, district-, and state-level…
Descriptors: High School Graduates, Graduation Rate, High Schools, Graduation Requirements
Balfanz, Robert; Fox, Joanna Hornig; Bridgeland, John M.; McNaught, Mary – America's Promise Alliance (NJ1), 2009
With more than one million students dropping out of high school each year, Grad Nation is specifically designed to offer solutions and tools for every size community and presents a compelling case for all sectors of society to get involved. The guidebook is part of the Alliance's Dropout Prevention Campaign. The guide brings together the nation's…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), High Schools, Graduation Rate, Dropout Prevention
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, 2010
This document is part of a series of guides designed to help school district leaders address one of the toughest challenges in American education: dropout rates of 30 percent nationwide, 50 percent in many big cities, and 60 percent or more in the lowest-performing schools. This second guide in the series offers a detailed examination of the six…
Descriptors: Graduation Rate, Program Implementation, Administrator Guides, Dropout Prevention
Stedron, Jennifer M.; Shah, Tajel; Bautsch, Brenda; Martin, Patricia; Deye, Sunny; Bailey, Lamar; Handel, Stephen J.; Vasavada, Natasha; Shen, Yilan; Exstrom, Michelle; Shelton, Sara; Santiago, Helen; Bell, Julie Davis; Quin, Bradley J.; Baum, Sandy; Bell, Julie Davis; Sturtevant, Anne; Bautsch, Brenda; Williams, Ronald; Kerouac, Pamela; Badolato, Vincent – College Board Advocacy & Policy Center, 2010
There are formidable challenges at every level of the system that confront students who aspire to enroll and succeed in college. In 2007, the College Board formed the Commission on Access, Admissions and Success in Higher Education to study the educational pipeline as a single continuum and identify solutions to increase the number of students who…
Descriptors: Public Policy, State Action, State Legislation, State Surveys
Lehr, Camilla A.; Johnson, David R.; Bremer, Christine D.; Cosio, Anna; Thompson, Megan – National Center on Secondary Education and Transition, University of Minnesota (NCSET), 2004
This manual provides a synthesis of research-based dropout prevention and intervention and offers examples of interventions that show evidence of effectiveness. This has proven to be a difficult task because the intervention research on dropout and school completion that can be used to inform practice is incomplete (Dynarski & Gleason, 2002;…
Descriptors: Intervention, Dropout Research, Dropouts, Dropout Prevention
College Board Advocacy & Policy Center, 2011
State public policy has been an important tool for improving the educational preparation and opportunity for many communities. However, without concerted statewide efforts it will continue to be difficult to substantially expand opportunities to accelerate higher education attainment and workforce preparation. Over the next 15 years, the states…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Attainment, Public Policy, State Surveys
Harris, Laura; Princiotta, Daniel – NGA Center for Best Practices, 2009
Expanded learning opportunities (ELOs), which include afterschool, summer learning, and extended day and extended year programs, can help states reduce dropout rates and increase graduation rates. Effective elementary, middle, and high school ELOs support academic rigor, boost student engagement, and provide students with supportive relationships.…
Descriptors: Homework, Graduation Rate, Dropout Rate, Dropout Prevention
Princiotta, Daniel; Reyna, Ryan – NGA Center for Best Practices, 2009
As governors confront the worst state fiscal environment in the past 25 years, long-term prospects for strong economic growth are hampered by an immense underlying problem: the high school dropout crisis. At least one student in five drops out of school, and nearly 5 million 18- to 24-year-olds lack a high school diploma. Annually, dropouts cost…
Descriptors: Economic Progress, High Schools, Graduation Rate, Dropout Rate
Lehr, Camilla A.; Clapper, Ann T.; Thurlow, Martha L. – Corwin Press, 2005
How can teachers and administrators steer students toward graduation and away from dropping out? What determining factors contribute to a student's choice to drop out? Why is high school graduation such an important issue in society today? Effective prevention and intervention programs for the most vulnerable students are key to improving…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Intervention, Dropouts, Graduation Rate
