Reports

Engaged for Success

The Fourth R

Costs and Benefits of an Excellent Education for All America’s Children

Characteristics of Exemplary Schools for Young Adults

Understanding the Brain:  The Birth of a Learning Science

State of Our Black Youth Report

Dropout Risk Factors and Exemplary Programs

The Progress of Education Reform 2007

Community/School Partnerships: A National Survey shows the results of the survey of district and school leaders on their work with community partners, including information on current practices along with rankings of current and prospective partners.

Core Principles for Engaging Young People in Community Change. The Forum for Youth Investment has released a new report on how to effectively engage young people as partners in community change.

Beyond City Limits: Cross-System Collaboration to Reengage Disconnected Youth. This National League of Cities' Institute for Youth, Education and Families report has eight case studies exploring how city leaders can launch collaborative efforts among city, school, county and state agencies - and what makes them work in the end.

Dropout Rates in the United States: 2005 Compendium Report - data about trends in dropout and completion rates from 1972-2005

Diplomas Count - the essential guide for graduation policy and rates

Turning Around Low-Performing Schools and Districts - strategies that enable schools to change from low- to high-performing

Unfulfilled Promise: The Dimensions and Characteristics of Philadelphia’s Dropout Crisis, 2000-05
Only about half of the ninth graders in Philadelphia's public schools graduate in four years, and 30,000 young people dropped out of that city’s high schools between 2000 and 2005, creating a "dropout crisis" with far-reaching economic and social consequences according to a study released Thursday. But dropping out is predictable and preventable, especially in large city public schools that produce many of the nation’s dropouts, says Johns Hopkins University researchers Ruth Curran Neild and Robert Balfanz. In "Unfulfilled Promise: The Dimensions and Characteristics of Philadelphia’s Dropout Crisis, 2000-05," they draw on extensive data from Philadelphia schools and social service agencies not only to establish the problem but also to provide insight on how cities across the country can solve their dropout problem. "This report can help big city school districts gain a deeper understanding of the dimensions and characteristics of the dropout crisis. It provides a road map on how to find and establish the best prevention and intervention strategies to keep all students on the graduation track." said Balfanz, a research scientist and co-director of Talent Development High Schools at Hopkins.

Beyond the Tunnel Problem

Community-Based Learning: Engaging Students for Success and Citizenship

Connected Students

Making Good on a Promise: What Policymakers Can Do to Support the Educational Persistence of Dropouts

National School Boards Association: Where We Learn Report

The Silent Epidemic:  Perspectives of High School Dropouts

Whatever It Takes Report