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Presentation on the current dropout reengagement field by Andrew O. Moore, National League of Cities Institute for Youth, Education, and Families at April 4, 2014 Capitol Hill Forum sponsored by American Youth Policy Forum and Youth Transition Funders Group - Multiple Pathways to Graduation Working Group.
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April 4, 2014
PROMISING DEVELOPMENTS IN DROPOUT RE-ENGAGEMENT
Andrew O. Moore, Senior Fellow
Institute for Youth, Education, and Families
National League of CitiesSupported by the C.S. Mott Foundation
and the Annie E. Casey Foundation
Responses to dropout rates
Address chronic absence as key precondition Early warning systems & interventions
Middle school and 9th grade
Ongoing high school reform Engagement, dual enrollment strategies
Expansion of accelerated / on track options and other alternative settings
Recovery and re-engagement
Dropout ReengagementSpreading Across U.S.
Working Definition: Reengagement Center/Program
Staffed portal Operates at the citywide
or school district level Provides one-stop
outreach, assessment, referral, re-enrollment, and continued support services
Restores educationally disconnected youth and young adults to best fit options to complete credentials
Policy Platforms
School district Intermediary / NGO City government Community college Combinations of above
School district, community college per-pupil funding
Foundation Workforce development Federal HSGI grants State government – two
states Child welfare In kind: VISTAs
Management Role Funding Sources
Range of Approaches
Physical “one stop” center
Deployed staffing model
NGO contracts with school districts
Center co-located with alternative school
Re-engagement Ecosystem
Re-engagement
portal – virtual or physical
Social support services
Physical, behavioral
health services
Alternative schools, adult
education
Training programs leading to
postsecondary credential
Washington StateOpen Doors Youth Reengagement
Combines dropout outreach and assessment functions with alternative education at one site
Began with three pilots; 19 additional programs GRAVITY High School - Regional school district,
consortium model iGRAD - partnership between Kent School District
and Green River Community College – shopping mall
Expanded Gateway to College program at Lake Washington Institute of Technology
Online “Drop In” Campaigns: Now in Denver, Boulder, & Aurora, Colorado
Measuring effectiveness andimpact: common indicators
Credits earned once re-enrolled
Stick rate/ persistence (first year completion)
Graduation / GED completion
Initial contact/engagement
Race, ethnicity, gender Child welfare system
involvement
Results Process / Demographics
Aggregating Results:
Reengagement in 13 U.S. Cities,School Years 2012-2013
Initial outreach: 41,000
Referral to re-enrollment opportunity: 10,000
Confirmed re-enrollments: 6,000
“Stick rate” / persistence: 73%