Webinar on Re-Thinking Student Aid
July 22, 2009 Application Deadline: passed
At a time when President Barack Obama insists the U.S. must improve high school graduation rates to help restore the country’s economic and political standing, new research shows that 17 states produce some 70 percent of the students who don’t graduate. What do these “make or break’’ states and schools have in common, and how can they be transformed? With federal stimulus dollars available to help turn around or replace failing high schools , what approaches will work to promote President Obama’s vision of a country where “dropping out is no longer an option?” A new report from the Everyone Graduates Center at Johns Hopkins University and Jobs for the Future describes the characteristics of high schools that lose 40% or more of their students and provides detailed and useful context for journalists everywhere. What questions should reporters be asking of federal, state and local policymakers as they push toward Obama’s goal of transforming or replacing some 2,000 high schools? |
