Karlene McCormick-Lee, Assoc Superintendent, CCSD
Jhone Ebert, Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum and Prof Dev, CCSD
Chris Swanson, Dir of Ed Projects in Education Research Ctr, Education Week Magazine
Richard Esparza, former Principal, Granger HS, Yakima Valley, WA
Education Week Magazine
Adam Burke, freelance reporter, NPR
Michael Flores, Intern, TRENDZ, Inc
Patte Barth, Dir, Granger HS, Ctr for Public Education
... on Nevada's low graduation rate. We discuss Adam Burke's report on Western High School, which one national study found had a 32% graduation rate a year ago... and what's being done to reverse those figures.
Links
- Americas Promise Alliance: Cities in Crisis A Special Analytic Report on High School Graduation
- The Campaign for Educational Equity: The Social Costs of Inadequate Education
- CPE: Keeping kids in school: What research says about preventing dropouts
- Diplomas Count 2008
- High School Students At Risk: the Challenge of Dropouts and Pushouts
- JHU: Johns Hopkins Study Shows Detailed Picture of Dropout Crisis
- KNPR: Be-longing Las Vegas
- KNPR: Why UT is the only state without a dropout factory
- LAUSD Dropout Prevention Program
- MSNBC: 1 in 10 U.S. high schools is a 'dropout factory'
- Western HS
- "Ashley Blue" by Joey DeFrancesco ("Organ-Ized: All-Star Tribute to the Hammond B3 Organ")
- "Mo' Onions" by Booker T and the MG's ("Green Onions")
- "Little Green Men" by Larry Goldings ("Kickin' The 3- The Best of Organ Trio Jazz")
- "Dem New York Dues" by Don Patterson ("Dem New York Dues")
- "After Hours" by Jack McDuff ("Bringin' It Home")
