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The Last Dropout: Stop the Epidemic!
Did you know that we’re battling an epidemic* . . . ?
� Almost one-third of all high-school students fail to graduate with their class; among minorities, the dropout rate is almost 50 percent.
� Dropouts are more likely than their peers to be unemployed, live in poverty, have poor health, depend upon social services, and go to jail.
� The combined loss of income and revenue...more
� Almost one-third of all high-school students fail to graduate with their class; among minorities, the dropout rate is almost 50 percent.
� Dropouts are more likely than their peers to be unemployed, live in poverty, have poor health, depend upon social services, and go to jail.
� The combined loss of income and revenue...more
Paperback, 256 pages
Published
September 18th 2007
by Hay House
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Jan 04, 2008
Elizabeth Severance
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business people, people who know nothing about the educational crisis in America
Bill Milliken started Communities In Schools, the organization I work for and so in essence it's very informative, but it isn't geared towards people who are already working on stopping the drop out epidemic. I found this aspect slightly frustrating as at one point he mentions how one of his friends got him a meeting with Carter but then when Carter lost reelection, he was just introduced to Barbara Bush and so he told her all about the program. That just doesn't happen to real people. I was sli...more
Great book about how communities can stop the drop-out crisis. Its a little heavy on events and policy, but a great read never-the-less.
Feb 25, 2012
Stacey
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Excellent read. So happy to be part of this organization's future goals!
Excellent model for community-based provision of social services, surrounding the schoolhouse as a focal point. Strengthens the argument for collaboration between government (schools/services) and nonprofits (services) in order to repair the social fabric that is often damaged by our increasingly mobile and financially independent society.
This is a fantastic non-fiction book about the dropout epidemic in America...
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