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Building A GradNation: Progress and Challenge in Ending the High School Dropout Epidemic (2014)
April 28, 2014
For the first time in U.S. history the nation’s high school graduation rate rose above 80 percent, according to the 2014 Building a GradNation: Progress and Challenge in Ending the High School Dropout Epidemic report released April 28 by Civic Enterprises, the Everyone Graduates Center, America’s Promise Alliance and the Alliance for Excellent Education. While more than eight in 10 public high school students are graduating on time, Building a GradNation shows more good news: the number of students enrolled in dropout factories has dropped 47 percent over the last decade, students of color…
Type: Resource
TAG: Career Pathways, College and Career Readiness, Special Populations
promises: Caring Adults, Safe Places, Effective Education
channels: Attendance, Health and Wellness
SOURCE: America's Promise Alliance, Civic, Everyone Graduates Center at Johns Hopkins University
campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign
RAND Promising Practices: Counselors Care (CARE)
January 15, 2014
Counselors Care (CARE) is a school-based intervention for high-school students at risk for suicide. CARE is a two-part, four-hour program, beginning with a personalized computer-assisted assessment of risk and protective factors, and followed by a brief counseling intervention designed to enhance a youth's personal resources and social network connections.
Type: Resource
TAG: Special Populations, Youth Involvement
promises: Safe Places, Caring Adults
channels: Health and Wellness, Youth Involvement, Social and Emotional Learning
SOURCE: The RAND Corporation