Maine’s Dropout Prevention Summit
Materials of Interest and Continued Study*
The work of the summit is on-going, the effort to help Maine's students succeed continues. Please use the resources on this website to help your effort.
Post-summit follow-up:
- Summit Executive Summary (doc) -- includes the summit's purpose, participants, themes, and immediate next steps.
- Action Steps Compilation (doc) -- includes action steps brainstormed by summit participants, organized according to America's Promise Alliance's four major themes.
Highlights from the summit:
The summit in the media:
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See the article in the Portland Press Herald on July 28, 2009
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Read the article from the Bangor Daily News from July 28, 2009
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Watch the video from NECN.com on July 27, 2009
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Listen to the report from MPBN on July 27, 2009
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Read the article from the Maine Sunday Telegram July 26, 2009
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See the article in the Kennebec Journal on December 14, 2008
Materials of Interest and Continued Study*
Participants of Maine's America's Promise Dropout Prevention Summit, have chosen to become fully engaged in doing whatever it takes to support youth and ensure that we see each student through the education process to graduation so that they have the knowledge and skills to choose their future.
Particpants were asked to read the following articles to be fully prepared for the two days together. If you were unable to attend the summit you are welcome to become familiar with the materials on this page.
The first articles were the must reads prior to the summit.
The following books were ommitted by oversight from the pre-summit reading but are excellent books for the continued study:
- Fires in the Bathroom: Advice for Teachers from High School Students, by Kathleen Cushman, Lisa Delpit. New Press, 2005.
- Fires in the Middle School Bathroom: Advice to Teachers from Middle Schoolers by Kathleen Cushman, Laura Rogers. New Press, 2008.
- Lost at School: Why Our Kids with Behavioral Challenges Are Falling Through the Cracks and How We Can Help Them by Ross W. Greene, Ph.D. Scribner Press, 2008
Below are resource materials divided into the four domains of the 15 National Dropout Prevention Strategies (National Prevention Center; Fifteen Dropout Prevention Strategies)
The Basic Core Strategies
- Mentoring/Tutoring
- Service Learning
- Alternative Schooling
- After School Opportunities
Reaching Potential Through Quality Afterschool March 2008
Final Report of the Alternative Education Programs Committee December 2007
America's Promise Report: Every Child, Every Promise: Turning Failure Into Action (pdf)
The Arts Education Partnership, Making a Case for the Arts: How and Why the Arts are Critical to Student Achievement and Better Schools (pdf)
Arts Education Facts (doc)
Document that has links to publications on the value of Arts ed. (doc)
Brain and the arts article- citation is found in the doc
Barking Up the Right Tree by Paul Houston
Art for our sake: School arts classes more than ever- but not for the reasons you think. Boston Globe.
Early Interventions
- Early Childhood Education
- Family Engagement
- Early Literacy Development
Present, Engaged, and Accounted For The Critical Importance of Addressing Chronic Absence in the Early Grades by Hedy N. Chang/ Mariajose Romero September 2008 National Center for Children in Poverty
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention--Truancy Reduction Tool Kit
Casey Foundation and National Working Group on Foster Care and Education -This page has several invaluable links embedded on it. One is link to a “Fact Sheet: Educational Outcomes for Children and Youth in Foster and Out-of-Home Care.” Another link is the Legal Center for Foster Care and Education.
Solving the Data Puzzle: A How-To Guide on Collecting and Sharing Information to Improve Educational Outcomes for Children in Out-of-Home Care
The Annie E Casey Foundation has good resources related to foster care
National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth (NAEHCY) Publication: The McKinney-Vento Act and Children and Youth Awaiting Foster Care Placement: Strategies for Improving Educational Outcomes Through School Stability.(Authored by: Patricia Julianelle, JD)
Making the Most of Instruction
- Professional Development
- Active Learning
- Educational Technology
- Individualized Instruction
The Governor’s Task Force to Engage Maine’s Youth
Kids Can Do Well If They Can, Excerpt from Lost at School by Ross W. Greene
School and Community Perspectives/Making the Most of the Wider Community
- Systemic Renewal
- School-Community Collaboration
- Career and Technical Education
- Safe Schools
Grad Nation A Guidebook to Help Communities Tackle the Dropout Crisis
Maine Kids Count 2009
Economic Security Matrix (Maine's Shared Youth Vision Economic Security subcommittee- click on Economic Security Subcommittee Reports and then Matrix)
Institute for the Study of Students At Risk Publications: Maine Dropout Prevention Guide, Institute for the Study of Students At Risk April 2006 William E. Davis, Leslie A. Forstadt, Roxanne M. Lee
What your Community Can Do to end its Drop-Out Crisis: Learnings from Research and Practice, Robert Balfanz, Center for Social Organization of Schools John Hopkins University
New Day for Learning,A Vision for the Future of American Education, How the Recovery Act Can Help State Leaders Realize It by Mott Foundation
Improving School Climate: Findings from Schools Implementing Restorative Practices. A Report from the International Institute for Restrative Practices Graduate School
Graduation Rates in the United States
Report on Incidence of Prohibited Behavior and Drug and Violence Prevention 2007-2008 (.doc 3MB) Also known as the Lobster Book from Maine Office of Substance Abuse
Putting Middle Grades Students on the Graduation Path: A Policy and Practice Brief Robert Balfanz, Everyone Graduates Center and Talent Development Middle Grades Program, June 2009 (pdf)
The GLSEN 2007 National School Climate Survey is the fifth biennial study of LGBT youth in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. It is an essential document in understanding school conditions for LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) youth and the toxic effect of anti-gay bias on the learning environment for all students. Maine data collected for this national report are very much in line with the national figures.
Harsh Realities: The Experiences of Transgender Youth in Our Nation's Schools. Transgender youth are the most at-risk of violence.
Shared Differences: The Experiences of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Students of Color in Our Nation's Schools. Another essential source -- on LGBT students of color. 63 pages.
Truancy Prevention Fact Sheet
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