WA Praised for Efforts to Reduce School Dropout Rates
Jun 8, 2011, Chris Thomas, Public News Services
SEATTLE - While most students and parents are thinking about summer vacation, one nonprofit group already is looking ahead to the next school year - and how to keep more Washington youths from dropping out. The Center for Children and Youth Justice is using a MacArthur Foundation grant to test truancy interventions and develop new ways to keep students in school and out of the court system. For most students, says center Director Bobbe Bridge, dropping out is a gradual process - and it's…
View the full text of this article
- Issues
-
Community-based alternatives
, Evidence-based practices
, Mental health
- States
-
Washington
- Action networks
-
Mental Health / Juvenile Justice Action Network