What Happens to High School Dropouts Who Return to School?
Presenters
BethAnn Berliner (Primary)
Senior Research Associate, Regional Educational Laboratory West
WestEd
Vanessa Barrat (Primary)
Senior Research Associate, Regional Educational Laboratory West
WestEd
Paul Shirk (Primary)
Assistant Superintendent of Research and Technology
San Bernardino City Unified School District
Description
This webinar, part of a series of WestEd-sponsored webinars related to the education goals of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), will present new information about a previously overlooked student population group: those who drop out but subsequently reenroll. A better understanding of their challenges, demographics, reenrollment histories, and outcomes can provide educators and policymakers with critical information to shape dropout prevention and intervention practices and policies. Presenters include BethAnn Berliner and Vanessa Barrat, Senior Research Associates at the Regional Educational Laboratory West at WestEd, and Paul Shirk, Assistant Superintendent of Research and Technology, San Bernardino City Unified School District, California.
An upcoming ARRA webinar on issues related to school dropouts is “Educating Overage and Undercredited Youth.” Please check SchoolsMovingUp soon for more information about this upcoming webinar. The archives from the past webinars in this ARRA series are available to view at any time and include:
- Reducing School Dropout Rates
- Supporting Students in Alternative Education Settings
- Early Head Start: Providing a Quality Comprehensive Program for Infants, Toddlers and Their Families:
- Making Progress on Essential Standards and Assessment Reforms
- Turning Around Chronically Low-Performing Schools: Resources from Doing What Works
- Recommendations for Addressing the Needs of English Language Learners: The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)
- Transforming Schools: Charter Schools as a Strategy for School Turnarounds
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From WestEd.org
Reenrollment of High School Dropouts in a Large, Urban School District
This study, prepared by REL West, follows a cohort of first-time 9th graders in one large urban school district from 2001/02 to 2005/06 and documents dropout, reenrollment, and graduation rates. A two-page synopsis of the report, What Happens to High School Dropouts Who Reenroll?, is also available.
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