Related Websites Philadelphia Youth Network WorkReady Philadelphia Youth Transitions Funders Group Project U-Turn Reports Unfulfilled Promise: The Dimensions and Characteristics of Philadelphia's Drop-out Crisis, 2000-2005 Turning it Around: A Collective Effort to Understand and Resolve Philadelphia's Drop-out Crisis Where are we now? An Update to the Community on the progress of Project U-Turn, November 2007 High Resolution (3.7MB) | Low Resolution (1.3MB) Public School Notebook issues on the dropout crisis Spring 2007 Fall 2005 Related Research & Articles (PDF format unless otherwise specified) Are Teens in Low-Income and Welfare Families Working Too Much? Barriers and Promising Approaches to Workforce and Youth Development for Young Offenders Community Colleges and Low Income Populations Community Colleges and the Equity Agenda: What the Record Shows Connected by 25: A Plan for Investing in Successful Futures for Foster Youth Declining Employment Among Young Black Less-Educated Men: The Role of Incarceration and Child Support Dropout Risk Factors and Exemplary Programs Early College High School Initiative Evaluation Intermediary Summary Report: 2003-2004 Employer Demand for Ex-offenders: Recent Evidence from Los Angeles Four Building Blocks for a System of Educational Opportunity: Developing Pathways To and Through College for Urban Youth From the Prison Track to the College Track Pathways to Postsecondary Success for Out-of-School Youth GED's For Teenagers: Are There Unintended Consequences? Locating the Dropout Crisis Locating Dropout attachment: – Phila HS’s (Excel Spreadsheet) Losing Our Future: How Minority Youth Are Being Left Behind by the Graduation Rate Crisis Overcoming Barriers to School Reentry Pathways to Work for Low-Income Workers: The Effect of Work in the Temporary Help Industry Promising Practices: School to Career and Postsecondary Education for Foster Care Youth Public Opinion on Youth, Crime and Race: A Guide for Advocates Safe Passage: How Philanthropy is Working Together to Help All of America's Youth Connect by Age 25 (website)
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Public School Notebook issues on the dropout crisis
Spring 2007
Fall 2005
Related Research & Articles (PDF format unless otherwise specified)