In print and on CD-ROM, Dropout Prevention Tools presents resources and worksheets used at schools and communities across the country. These tools and techniques demonstrate how to apply the Fifteen Strategies identified through research conducted by The National Dropout Prevention Center at Clemson University.
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The Drop Out Society: Young People on the Margin
Preventing Dropout: Lessons from Europe
Educational attainment is an important predictor of a citizen's future health, employment and welfare prospects - and it improves their ability to contribute socially and economically in the community.
"In this gripping thriller, Samuel Ackerman has one dream: to become a Navy SEAL. But after dropping out of the legendary unit's training program known as Hell Week, he is forced to become a recruiter in his small hometown.
"This book describes the fifteen strategies identified through research reviewed by The National Dropout Prevention Center and Network at Clemson University.
'The Dropout Prevention Specialist Workbook' prepares social workers and others in the helping professions training to serve as Dropout Prevention Specialists (DPSs) in a school and/or district.
Sometimes together and sometimes on their own, caught between friendship and something more, Gehna and Eram travel a most unexpected road. Quirky and heartfelt, Not All Those Who Wander is a story of millennial friendship that is #litAF.
All were the result of community concern for the young people, and involved local cooperation in finding solutions. Room to Move is the report of the project and offers insights into the ways in which 37 school/ACE partnerships operated.