The School Dropout Crisis

Exploring Communitywide Solutions

The School Dropout Crisis is a community discussion guide that provides tools to help groups start the conversation about the dropout problem in ways that lead to communitywide solutions.

A downloadable chapter, The School Dropout Crisis Overview ( PDF, 1007 KB, 14 pp),  describes the problem and makes the argument for using communitywide solutions. A complete print copy of the guide, available for purchase, includes the overview and additional chapters that lay out the five key elements that a dropout initiative should consider.

For more information about the guide, see the Pew Partnership for Civic Change Web site.

Related Link

Dropout Prevention  - NEA's Web area dedicated to making high school graduation a priority.

The School Dropout Crisis was produced by the Learning to Finish Campaign, a national community-based effort established to respond to the high school dropout crisis.