Other Educational 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.
  • Strengthening School Attendance Policies/Practices to Address Educational Neglect and Truancy
  • Attendance Memo Cover Letter
  • OCFS Educational Neglect Policy Statement

• 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 grade from high school and prepare for college, work and life. The guidebook is a natural outgrowth of our local summit work to ensure that solutions are developed to put our youth on a path to success.
  • Go to Grad Nation download site