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Re-Engaging Dropouts: Local Innovations &
New Opportunities for Federal Policy
April 4, 2014
@AYPF_Tweets#aypfevents
April 4, 2014
PROMISING DEVELOPMENTS IN DROPOUT RE-ENGAGEMENT
Andrew O. Moore, Senior Fellow
Institute for Youth, Education, and Families
National League of CitiesSupported by the C.S. Mott Foundation
and the Annie E. Casey Foundation
Responses to dropout rates
Address chronic absence as key precondition Early warning systems & interventions
Middle school and 9th grade
Ongoing high school reform Engagement, dual enrollment strategies
Expansion of accelerated / on track options and other alternative settings
Recovery and re-engagement
Dropout ReengagementSpreading Across U.S.
Working Definition: Reengagement Center/Program
Staffed portal Operates at the citywide
or school district level Provides one-stop
outreach, assessment, referral, re-enrollment, and continued support services
Restores educationally disconnected youth and young adults to best fit options to complete credentials
Policy Platforms
School district Intermediary / NGO City government Community college Combinations of above
School district, community college per-pupil funding
Foundation Workforce development Federal HSGI grants State government – two
states Child welfare In kind: VISTAs
Management Role Funding Sources
Range of Approaches
Physical “one stop” center
Deployed staffing model
NGO contracts with school districts
Center co-located with alternative school
Re-engagement Ecosystem
Re-engagement
portal – virtual or physical
Social support services
Physical, behavioral
health services
Alternative schools, adult
education
Training programs leading to
postsecondary credential
Washington StateOpen Doors Youth Reengagement
Combines dropout outreach and assessment functions with alternative education at one site
Began with three pilots; 19 additional programs GRAVITY High School - Regional school district,
consortium model iGRAD - partnership between Kent School District
and Green River Community College – shopping mall
Expanded Gateway to College program at Lake Washington Institute of Technology
Online “Drop In” Campaigns: Now in Denver, Boulder, & Aurora, Colorado
Measuring effectiveness andimpact: common indicators
Credits earned once re-enrolled
Stick rate/ persistence (first year completion)
Graduation / GED completion
Initial contact/engagement
Race, ethnicity, gender Child welfare system
involvement
Results Process / Demographics
Aggregating Results:
Reengagement in 13 U.S. Cities,School Years 2012-2013
Initial outreach: 41,000
Referral to re-enrollment opportunity: 10,000
Confirmed re-enrollments: 6,000
“Stick rate” / persistence: 73%
Los Angeles Unified School DistrictPupil Services City Partnership
Dropout: A National Problem
• 1.2 million students did not graduate from high school in 2011
• lost lifetime earnings for that class of dropouts alone total $154 billion1
• 1 in 10 U.S. high schools is a dropout factory2
1Alliance for Excellent Education, The High Cost of High School Dropouts (2011)
2Balfanz and Legters (2004)
18,529
Students in the Class of 2011 and 2012
that dropped out of school
31,727
Students have missed more than 10 days of
school since the beginning of the school
year
13,794 Homeless Students
8,278 Foster Youth
Our Studen
ts
Dropouts by Ethnicity 2010-2011 2011-2012
Race/EthnicityCohort
Students Cohort
DropoutsCohort
Dropouts RateCohort
StudentsCohort
DropoutsCohort
Dropouts Rate
Hispanic or Latino of Any
Race31,717 7,513 23.7 32,047 6,440 20.1
American Indian or Alaska Native,
Not Hispanic226 56 24.8 178 41 23
Asian, Not Hispanic 1,786 174 9.7 1,676 146 8.7
Pacific Islander, Not Hispanic 150 35 23.3 186 34 18.3
Filipino, Not Hispanic 1,139 85 7.5 1,123 84 7.5African
American, Not Hispanic
4,562 1,211 26.5 4,329 1,070 24.7
White, Not Hispanic 3,341 570 17.1 3,088 650 21
Two or More Races, Not
Hispanic, Not Hispanic
26 13 50 16 12 75
Not Reported 150 86 57.3 455 271 59.6
Annual Dropouts by Grade
Grade 7 Grade 8 Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12
2011-2012 499 393 2,516 3,079 2,747 4,113
2010-2011 401 377 3,003 2,990 3,072 3,533
City of Los Angeles 100, 000 Youth between the ages of 16-
24
Out of schooland
Out of work
1 in 5
Finding a solution
•City of Los Angeles sought collaboration with Pupil Services Dropout Recovery Efforts
•Los Angeles EWDD realigned Workforce Investment Funds to serve as a dropout recovery model
•New formula required agencies to serve 70% out of school youth and 30% in school youth.
•Released RFP that included the placement of an LAUSD PSA Counselor at every site
Workforce Innovation Fund •City was awarded $12 million to develop a
Dropout Recovery and Career Pathways model
▫Los Angeles Reconnections Career Academy
•Addition of 3 PSA Counselors
•Targets students age 16-24
•Career Pathways
▫Health Care
▫Green Technology
▫Construction