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Some excellent articles compiled by our partners at PACER. Jane ------ Forwarded Message > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 11:23:40 -0500 > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: REFERENCE POINTS: Resources on Dropout Prevention > > REFERENCE POINTS: Resources on Dropout Prevention > > THE SILENT EPIDEMIC: PERSPECTIVES ON HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS > A new survey released by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, looks at why a > third of high school students leave school without a diploma-and what might > help keep them engaged in school. > http://www.gatesfoundation.org/Education/TransformingHighSchools/RelatedInfo/S > ilentEpidemic.htm > > WHATEVER IT TAKES: HOW TWELVE COMMUNITIES ARE RECONNECTING OUT-OF-SCHOOL YOUTH > Published by the American Youth Policy Forum, this report provides background > on the high school dropout problem and describes what twelve communities are > doing to reconnect dropouts to education and employment training. It also > describes national program models serving out-of-school youth. The report can > be found at http://www.aypf.org/publications/WhateverItTakes/WITfull.pdf. > > POLL SHOWS STUGGLING STUDENTS WANT VOCATIONAL EDUCATION Most American high > schools phased out vocational education years ago, motivated by complaints > that it was used as a tool to "track" African American and Latino students > into low-paying careers. But the idea of combining traditional academics with > career training is making a comeback, and a new poll suggests that it is > popular among one particularly important group: struggling high school > students. For more information go to > http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-voced6apr06,1,1209508.story > > NEW APPROACHES ADDRESS GETTING ALIENATED YOUNG MEN BACK TO SCHOOL OR JOBS > Because the United States "can ill afford to have so many of its young people > and adults be unskilled, unemployed, and thus unproductive," a new book from > the Urban Institute Press tackles the thorny challenge of getting > "disconnected" young men back in school or the workforce. > http://www.urban.org/publications/900909.html > > RETHINKING HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION RATES AND TRENDS > Recent reports that only half of minorities and two-thirds of all students end > up with a high school diploma have been accepted as gospel. But a new Economic > Policy Institute report finds this much-repeated refrain is seriously > inaccurate, and that a wealth of better data shows high school completion > rates are much higher, with about 75 percent of black and Hispanic students > receiving diplomas nationally and an overall national rate of 82 percent. > Although substantial gaps remain between the graduation rates of whites and > either blacks or Hispanics, this report documents that graduation rates have > been growing and racial/ethnic gaps closing over the past four decades. The > report can be found at http://www.epi.org/content.cfm/book_grad_rates > > > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > > REFERENCE POINTS, transition updates from the TATRA Project, features > resources and information to help parent organizations, advocates and > professionals better serve adolescents and young adults with disabilities, and > their families. It is managed by PACER Center www.pacer.org as a joint > technical assistance activity of the TATRA Project and the National Center on > Secondary Education and Transition www.ncset.org > > Visit our web sites for access to a wealth of additional resources and > information! > > To SUBSCRIBE to REFERENCE POINTS go to > http://www.pacer.org/tatra/list/signup.asp > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, please go directly to > http://www.pacer.org/tatra/list/maildel.asp > > Readers are invited to send information about new resources on secondary > education, transition and vocational rehabilitation topics to [EMAIL > PROTECTED] > > The National Center on Secondary Education and Transition is funded by and is > a partner with the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education > Programs, cooperative agreement # H326J000005. The TATRA Project is funded by > the Rehabilitation Services Administration. > > Note: There are no copyright restrictions on this document. However, please > credit the source and support of federal funds when copying all or part of > this material. ------ End of Forwarded Message
