Resources
Overview
The SilentEpidemic.org is a clearinghouse for tools, resources and information that will help inform efforts in your community to address the drop out crisis. Student, parents, policymakers and educators all have a vital role to play in solving the problem; the content and links on these pages can help initiate the local discussions that can lead to a solution.
- Fact sheet on the high school dropout epidemic.
- Education Week's Chris Swanson released a new online tool that makes it possible to learn the graduation rate of every school district in the nation, as well as the grade level each district tends to lose students. Such data can help communities effectively target solutions that reduce dropouts.
- The May 9 summit showcased a 10-point plan endorsed by more than 100 organizations, which provides concrete action items that leaders at the local, state, and federal levels can take to end the silent epidemic.
- Professor Robert Balfanz of Johns Hopkins University released What Your Community Can Do to End its Dropout Crisis. (PDF)
- Civic Enterprises released Raising the Compulsory School Age: The Case for Reform.
- MTV released its Dropout Chronicles
- Professor Russell Rumberger of the University of California Santa Barbara showcased the Dropout Research Project, which provides a regularly updated list of the latest research across the nation on the issue of high school dropout and graduation.
- The National Governors Association's Center for Best Practices released Implementing Graduation Counts: State Progress to Date (PDF).
