North Carolina Family Impact Seminar #4
Dropout Prevention: Strategies for Improving High School Graduation Rates
June 19, 2008
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Featured Speakers
Irving Hamer, Jr., Executive Vice President for Client Services and Strategic Development, The Millennium Group
James Kemple, Director of K-12 Education Policy Area, MDRC
Russell Rumberger, Professor of Education, Gervitz Graduate School of Education at the University of California, Santa Barbara; Director, University of California Linguistic Minority Research Institute; and Director, California Dropout Research Project
Additional Chapters/Materials
Tough Questions for Policymakers to Consider in Addressing the Dropout Problem, by Thomas Ahn
Assessing the North Carolina Dropout Challenge, by Casey Wyant
What is a Dropout?, by Kara Bonneau
State-level Dropout Prevention Programs, Strategies and Policies, by Joel Rosch and Jenni Owen
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