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Zero dropouts? Boulder Valley School District is getting closer to its goal

A goal of zero dropouts? Is this really possible? Yes! And Boulder Valley School District seems to be on that path — tracking students, offering support groups, and then — if necessary — offering...

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Obama's intentions are good, but just saying "No Dropouts" isn't enough

 Those involved in the fight to raise the nation’s woeful dropout rate have been waiting a long time for a president to elevate the issue to a level commensurate with the threat this epidemic poses to...

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Schools that address transient students' underlying issues succeed in keeping...

Washington County Public Schools presented some dismaying news last week. The Hagerstown, Md., school district’s dropout rate has increased for the past two years. In the 2009-10 year, the rate was...

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A new, data-based program is reducing the dropout rate in West Virginia schools

A newly created program to reduce the dropout rate in one West Virginia county is working much earlier than expected. Monroe County schools implemented the multi-pronged program in the first months of...

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Kansas City going all out to locate and recover missing students

Officials from the Kansas City School District are hunting down their missing students in hopes of regaining accreditation, which the district lost in January. During spring break volunteers will call...

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Transition from middle school to high school influences risk for dropping out

Many dropout prevention initiatives are attempts to rescue, rehabilitate or revive students who have fallen behind in their studies after a few years in high school.But the biggest impact, according to...

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Desire, focus and stability: The path to success for students

How can we best keep students in school?This is a hard question to answer, as it depends on each individual student. But on the path to success, three things are constant: a desire from individual...

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Mark Claypool: How I’ve Seen Alternative Programs Benefit Struggling Students

Imagine 10 freshmen students sitting in a classroom. Four years later, only seven of those freshmen will graduate high school. That’s the reality of U.S.  graduation rates — about 30 percent of...

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CEO Ray Kelly discusses NoDropouts on The Daily Dish

Our CEO, Ray Kelly, was recently interviewed on ABC 4 Utah's "The Daily Dish," about our growing company, the work we do with students around the country and our new office location in Salt Lake City....

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Department of Education updates pregnant and parenting student policies

The last time the Department of Education discussed academic success of pregnant and parenting students was in 1991. But last week, the department updated the pamphlet regarding these students under...

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