Preventing Future High School Dropouts, a new publication from NEA, can help affiliates play an important role in preventing students from dropping out of school. Written for busy Association leaders and staff, this comprehensive but user-friendly resource covers six aspects of the dropout problem:
- Where the crisis is located and what affiliates can do about it
- Ways to address out-of-school factors that increase dropout rates
- School practices and policies that increase high school graduation rates
- Negative effects dropouts have on the nation’s economy
- Programs, practices, and policies that increase high school graduation rates
- Graduation and dropout statistics in understandable terms
See Preventing Future High School Dropouts ( PDF, 3MB, 158pp). (Note: This is a large file and may take a few moments to download.)