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Governors promote high school redesign efforts during National Dropout Summit

Summit Propels National Movement to End America’s Silent Dropout Epidemic

Laura Bush, secretary of education, governors, MTV, students, and congressional and community leaders join forces to demand fundamental change in our nation’s high schools

Today’s “Summit on America’s Silent Epidemic” launched a national movement to end the high school dropout crisis, including a sea change in education policy at the local, state and federal levels. More than 100 organizations representing a broad spectrum of education and community stakeholders endorsed a10-point plan to provide students with a more challenging, relevant high school education and extra support to graduate. The plan also calls for raising state compulsory school age requirements and promoting the National Governors Association (NGA) Graduation Counts Compact—a common formula for measuring graduation rates and identifying dropouts, establishing more college and work preparatory learning in high schools, creating more alternative paths through high school, and implementing early warning systems to support struggling students.

Full Story: http://www.nga.org/Files/pdf/0705HSSUMMITNEWSRELEASE.PDF

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