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** [[media: AttendanceMemo.doc| Strengthening School Attendance Policies/Practices to Address Educational Neglect and Truancy]] | ** [[media: AttendanceMemo.doc| Strengthening School Attendance Policies/Practices to Address Educational Neglect and Truancy]] | ||
** [[media: AttendanceMemoCoverLetterfinal.doc| Attendance Memo Cover Letter]] | ** [[media: AttendanceMemoCoverLetterfinal.doc| Attendance Memo Cover Letter]] | ||
| − | ** [[media: 2008NYSOCFSModelPolicyonEducationalNeglect.doc| OCFS Educational Neglect Policy Statement]] | + | ** [[media: 2008NYSOCFSModelPolicyonEducationalNeglect.doc| OCFS Educational Neglect Policy Statement]]<br><br> |
* [http://www.americaspromise.org/Our-Work/Dropout-Prevention/Grad-Nation.aspx Grad Nation: A Guidebook to Help Communities Tackle The Dropout Crisis]<br> | * [http://www.americaspromise.org/Our-Work/Dropout-Prevention/Grad-Nation.aspx Grad Nation: A Guidebook to Help Communities Tackle The Dropout Crisis]<br> | ||
America's Promise Alliance recently commissioned Grad Nation, a new tool comprising the best evidence-based practices for keeping young people in school paired with suggestions for effectively preparing them for life after high school. With generous support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Grad Nation was written by Robert Balfanz, associate professor at Everyone Graduates Center at Johns Hopkins University; and John Bridgeland, president and CEO, Civic Enterprises. It is a guidebook that provides a road map to help communities tackle the dropout crisis. It is designed to help communities develop tailored plans for keeping students on track to graduate from high school, prepared for college, work and life. Grad Nation also includes ready-to-print tools and links to additional online resources, in addition to research-based guidance. It provides information and tools for developing and implementing a customized program that’s right for individual communities.<br> | America's Promise Alliance recently commissioned Grad Nation, a new tool comprising the best evidence-based practices for keeping young people in school paired with suggestions for effectively preparing them for life after high school. With generous support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Grad Nation was written by Robert Balfanz, associate professor at Everyone Graduates Center at Johns Hopkins University; and John Bridgeland, president and CEO, Civic Enterprises. It is a guidebook that provides a road map to help communities tackle the dropout crisis. It is designed to help communities develop tailored plans for keeping students on track to graduate from high school, prepared for college, work and life. Grad Nation also includes ready-to-print tools and links to additional online resources, in addition to research-based guidance. It provides information and tools for developing and implementing a customized program that’s right for individual communities.<br> | ||
Revision as of 08:24, 19 October 2009
- Truancy Resources
- In November, 2008 Student Advocacy issued “Strengthening School Attendance Policies/Practices to Address Educational Neglect and Truancy”, to all Westchester and Putnam superintendents, along with a cover letter and the OCFS policy statement on Educational Neglect.
America's Promise Alliance recently commissioned Grad Nation, a new tool comprising the best evidence-based practices for keeping young people in school paired with suggestions for effectively preparing them for life after high school. With generous support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Grad Nation was written by Robert Balfanz, associate professor at Everyone Graduates Center at Johns Hopkins University; and John Bridgeland, president and CEO, Civic Enterprises. It is a guidebook that provides a road map to help communities tackle the dropout crisis. It is designed to help communities develop tailored plans for keeping students on track to graduate from high school, prepared for college, work and life. Grad Nation also includes ready-to-print tools and links to additional online resources, in addition to research-based guidance. It provides information and tools for developing and implementing a customized program that’s right for individual communities.
