Reports & Research

April 9, 2009: Dropout Prevention in the SouthCoast Report Release [PDF, 92 pages]

A project commissioned by the SouthCoast Development Partnership, this report examines educational attainment in the SouthCoast’s 15 communities as well as dropout and graduation rates among each SouthCoast school district in order to provide the Partnership and the region with an analysis of the economic and social implications of low educational attainment and high dropout rates in the SouthCoast. In addition, the report recommends that the region, its stakeholders, and its schools focus on implementing or expanding initiatives along 5 strategies from the National Dropout Prevention Center’s list of 15 best strategies for dropout prevention. These 15 strategies were measured by the research team across several internal and external scales to determine which 5 strategies the region should focus its dropout prevention efforts on in the near future as a way to have a considerable impact on high school dropout rates. To view the report, click on the report title above.

To view the report, click on the report title above.

In the news:

Channel 10 News Video Report: “Community Leaders Aim to Combat Dropout Rate”
http://www.turnto10.com/jar/news/local/education/article/community_leaders_aim_to_combat_dropout_rate/12323/

Read Report Tracks Wider Effects of Dropping Out [PDF]
(Fall River Herald News, April 9, 2009)

Read UMass Dartmouth Report Laments City Schools ‘Disturbing’ Dropout Problem [PDF]
(New Bedford Standard Times, April 10, 2009)

Read A Societal Problem [PDF]
(Fall River Herald News Editorial, April 10, 2009)

Read Demographics Are Not Destiny [PDF]
Guest Opinion Piece from Meg Mayo-Brown, Fall River Superintendent of Schools
(Fall River Herald News, April 12, 2009)

Read Keep them in School [PDF]
(New Bedford Standard Times Editorial, April 14, 2009)

Read Show the Way [PDF]
(New Bedford Standard Times Editorial, April 15, 2009)