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Statewide dropout rate lowest in a decade
The statewide dropout rate falls below three percent, the lowest in a decade. In Boston, the dropout rate is at its lowest point in more than two decades. See DESE press release; BPS press release; Globe article.
Project Dropout on WBUR
In a year-end "round-up," WBUR revisited the issues covered in its 2009 Project Dropout series, and numbered the opening of the Re-Engagement Center and the Graduation and Dropout Prevention and Recovery Commission report among the wins. Listen or read the transcript at Project Dropout: Revisited.
Making the Connection: Report of the Graduation and Dropout Prevention and Recovery Commission
Secretary Paul Reville released Making the Connection, the report of the Dropout Prevention and Recovery Commission, at a press event on October 21.
Dropout Commission forum, October 26, 8:30 - 10:30 AM at the Omni Parker House
The Rennie Center, the Youth Transitions Task Force, and the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education are sponsoring a forum, which will feature the report and recommendations of the Dropout Prevention and Recovery Commission. Speakers include Education Secretary Paul Reville, Workforce Secretary Suzanne Bump, Education Commissioner Mitchell Chester, Representative Marie St.
