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Dropout Prevention Grants: Legislators need to rethink their approach to the dropout problem

posted on in City & County Government, Education (PreK-12), Spending & Taxes

Only 14 of the 100 schools that received services from dropout prevention grant recipients had substantially lower dropout rates and higher graduation rates from the 2006-07 to the 2007-08 school year. Of the five types of recipients awarded grants, grants to non-profit organizations appeared to have the most success.

Dropout Prevention Grants: Legislators need to rethink their approach to the dropout problem

As Vice President for Research, Dr. Stoops oversees the research team’s writing and analysis across the spectrum of public policy issues. He specializes in pre-K-12 education. Before joining the Locke Foundation, he worked as the program assistant for the Child… ...

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