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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.

MDOC community forum, October 20, 6:30 - 8:30 PM at the Freedom House

The Multicultural Dropout Outreach Collaborative (MDOC), along with the Boston Public Schools (BPS) and the Boston Private Industry Council (PIC), is sponsoring a community forum to inform parents and families about BPS and community options for dropouts and struggling students. To learn more, click here.

  • "Think Again" is the new Commonwealth Corporation video that explains the financial and social costs of dropping out of school in the words of former dropouts who later pursued a high school diploma or GED.

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