Please find resources and articles relating to the Graduate Greater Louisville High School Dropout Solutions Summit here.
Proceedings from Summit
NEW! The Proceedings of the Graduate Greater Louisville: High School Dropout Solutions Summit held at Bellarmine University on July 30, 2008 tells the story of the city’s summit. It outlines Superintendent Berman’s and Mayor Abramson’s call to action, frames the issue from both the national and local perspective, lays out pertinent data, and catalogs the recommendations made by the breakout groups.
Resources from America's Promise
America's Promise Alliance recently commissioned Grad Nation, a tool comprising the best evidence-based practices for keeping young people in school paired with suggestions for effectively preparing them for life after high school.
America's Promise Dropout Prevention and Presentation links.
Also, please see the Dropout Summit Planning Guide.
Other Resources
Present, Engaged, and Accounted For: The Critical Importance of Addressing Chronic Absence in the Early Grades. The Annie E. Casey Foundation finds that a dropout risk is linked to chronic absense in grades K-3.
Tough Choices or Tough Times: An Executive Summary from the New Commission of the Skills of the American Workforce. Click here for a powerpoint summary.
Kentucky Department of Education dropout prevention resource guide.
Closing the Achievemen Gap: 50 state progress report on the alignment of high school policies with the demands of college and careers.
What Your Community Can do to End its Dropout Crisis: Learnings from Research and Practice. A study by Robert Balfanz, Center for Social Organization of Schools, prepared for the National Summit on America's Silent Epidemic.
Keeping Youth In School: How Service Learning Can Help. An overview of service learning from the National Dropout Prevention Center/Network.
Ready by 21 Challenge:
Ready by 21 Forum for Youth Investment
2-page PDF Summary
2-Page Quality Counts Microsoft Word Summary
Youth Program Quality Improvement System
Youth Program Quality Assessment
Action Plan #2
Out of School Time
Out-of-School Time (Data from the Harvard Family Research Project)
The Wallace Foundation
The Alternative High School Initiative
National League of Cities Youth Education and Families Institute (YEF)
Helpful Links:
15 in 5 Campaign Network
Alliance for Excellent Education
American Diploma Project
America's Promise
Emerging Workforce Initiative
The Harvard Family Research Project
Louisville Education and Employment Project
National Dropout Prevention Centers
National Education Association (NEA) on Dropout Prevention: Make High School Prevention a National Priority
The Schargel Consulting Group
WhenYouWere15
Articles, Reports & other Useful Links:
News Links
Summits and Initiatives in Other States/Cities
CHICAGO
INDIANAPOLIS
COLORADO
IOWA
Articles About Louisville's Summit
Lunch with Bob Wise
Community Help Sought To Reduce the Dropout Rate
Mayor's Remarks
Louisville Hosts Dropout Prevention Summit
Louisville Mayor and Superintendent Team Up to Reduce Number of High School Dropouts
Articles About Local Partners
Junior Achievement (JA) Program Begins to Connect Dots for Area 9th Graders
Please see the Data and Committees pages for more information.