Texas dropout prevention programs earn praise
A new study on the best methods for preventing students from dropping out of school highlights three Texas programs as ways to achieve "consistent, positive and meaningful" results.
Those spotlighted initiatives are: Communities in Schools, which uses a case management model to connect students with other services; Project GRAD, which provides scholarships as incentives while also focusing on classroom management and other factors; and career academies, which combine career-focused curriculum with traditional academics to make students career-ready.
In Texas, 86.7 percent of students expected to graduate in 2007 either did so or continued in school, according state statistics.
The study, called Best Practices in Dropout Prevention is from consulting firm ICF International and the National Dropout Prevention Center/Network,. It's completion is a requirement of Texas House Bill 2237, which legislators passed in 2007 to try to improve high school completion rates.
To read the entire study, go here.
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