News and Events

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.

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.

Secretary Paul Reville released Making the Connection, the report of the Dropout Prevention and Recovery Commission, at a press event on October 21.

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.

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.

The PIC would like to congratulate Youth Design and program founder Denise Korn as the recipient of a 2009 Sappi Ideas that Matter grant.  

Press Release, October 1, 2009 -- Boston Designer Receives Sappi Ideas that Matter Grant Grant Will Fund Design Mentoring Program for Urban Youth